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boneyard

[bohn-yahrd] / ˈboʊnˌjɑrd /


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He is talking about Wrap Distribution in Oxfordshire - a 100,000 square foot destination for Da Vinci Codes, a true boneyard for best sellers.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2023

Westbank found its plane at a boneyard in the southern California desert.

From Seattle Times Nov. 12, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2021

Next door is a boneyard, with cranes jutting into the sky.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2020

And at the perimeter of this boneyard lies one much larger skeleton: that of the moose he shot, and subsequently agonized over.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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