boneyard

Example Sentences

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Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard.

From Los Angeles Times

“Our goal has always been simple,” writes JP Boneyard, the Fifty-Nine Parks creative director.

From Washington Post

The B-1B Lancer and a B-2 Spirit that flew alongside the B-52 as part of a “bomber trifecta” above the stadium are both decades younger but will be long retired when the last B-52 finally heads off to the boneyard.

From Washington Times

All seven of the Delta jets have been parked at desert airfields since the pandemic hit the U.S in March, six in Victorville, Calif., and one at Pinal County Airpark in Marana, Ariz., which serves as a long-term storage site and a boneyard for hundreds of scrapped aircraft.

From Seattle Times

The Middle East has been a boneyard for the past three presidents.

From Washington Post