slag
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Copper, steel, aluminum and precious metals can be recovered, but rare-earth metals typically fuse with other byproducts in waste called slag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
She argues that incineration increases residual slag and releases harmful toxins like mercury and dioxins.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
The Cambridge researchers found that used cement is an effective substitute for lime flux, which is used in steel recycling to remove impurities and normally ends up as a waste product known as slag.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
Smithy and Mara were busy sorting the metal slag that they would have to leave behind and the tools they could pack onto the camels.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Lieberstein previously worked on "The Office" as one of its producers and as Toby, the bland HR representative everyone slagged off on.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
Executives who didn’t take her calls risked being slagged on Deadline.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
Anyway, you’ll be happy to hear, I fought through my misgivings and slagged the performance—but it struck me that if I was thinking about these questions in this context, these questions have permeated very deep.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2018
EST 21:05 Stuart Heritage And then Sarah Silverman came on to announce the James Bond theme, and just slagged off James Bond.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2016
Hardly big enough so a cat could slip through, and under it is this big pile of coal slagged up against the foundation wall.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
He said: "No, we read Vanity Fair - they're slagging each other off in the pages... You don't need to go for lunch with those people."
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
“This is not about slagging anyone off in this TV series at all,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Fearn doesn’t share the inclination, saying, “I’ve never really been into slagging bands off. It’s just not my thing.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
They had choices to make about slagging doctors and public health experts.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2020
Gary Drake and Ross Wilcox might’ve been slagging me off, but the fainter the voices became, the less I wanted to go back.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
