boneyard

Example Sentences

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But in spite of the ghouls and revenants and other morbid players from the sidewalk boneyard, Halloween is a holiday for the living.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

In February, Patrick Lecer, the CEO of Tarmac Aerosave, the company that owns the Teruel boneyard and three others in France, had one eye cocked towards China.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2020

I had better odds for survival in the boneyard, he thought.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer