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An on-floor engineer remarked that they sell their scrap metal, and the price has skyrocketed—something they take as a sure indication that the economy is going down the tubes.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

The government also vowed to adjust student financial aid for inflation and by 2028 scrap Parcoursup, a centralized platform that manages college applications and that students say is too stressful and opaque.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Every scrap of paper in the rooms is checked by the officers.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Like Kartal, Chwalinska is a player who relishes a scrap and she carried the momentum going into the third set.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The robot had been sitting there all along, perfectly camouflaged among the scrap metal and old farm machines.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

In a branch of supermarket Delhaize in Hoeilaart, just outside the Belgian capital Brussels, the BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake found frozen pizzas and ice cream among a mountain of food having to be scrapped.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

If that second 28-day round and an additional shorter round following it fail, the effort is scrapped and new elections are called.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

South Korean giant SK Hynix, which makes memory chips needed for AI, scrapped plans for its U.S. public listing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company, which has five locations in Greater Tokyo and claims over one million visitors a year, scrapped its video games and token machines last year to refocus on claw machines.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

He took them to the library, then scrapped that idea after their shenanigans left the librarian blubbering and blue-faced.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

The government said "millions of families" would benefit from the measures announced in the Budget, including freezing fuel duty, the 3.9% minimum wage increase and scrapping plans to reduce the £20,000 tax-free limit on ISAs.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Trump, who complained of losing his voice earlier this week, had lashed out on Thursday when he was asked if he was scrapping the Kansas trip because he was "sick of traveling."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Others have debated whether the Treasury might consider scrapping 20-year auctions altogether, a move that seems unlikely.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Earlier this week, the company said it was scrapping the planned launch of an AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra over safety concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Listen, if scrapbooking don't work out, you can always take up scrapping," I joked to make her feel better.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds