scraps
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Creosote-soaked rail ties leach toxic chemicals into the soil, sharp scraps of metal litter the riverbed, and pollution remains from the timber industry the rail line once served.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
He even brought several of the family's goats which I can now see nibbling at scraps nearby, foraging amidst the discarded canisters of cooking gas and empty plastic bottles.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
His daughter, Estela Whitney, was tasked with feeding food scraps to the piglets and refilling their water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Alas, “The Whisper Man” is merely a collection of defanged genre tropes and equally familiar character writing, tossing paltry scraps to its supporting cast in Michelle Monaghan and Michael Keaton.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
There were scraps of paper on which he had written his evil ideas in an illegible scrawl, lying in messy piles on top of the copy of Nuptial Law he had taken away from Klaus.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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