discard

"To understand one day that you think you're important to somebody, and then all of a sudden you're not. They discard you like a piece of garbage."

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Researchers estimate that more than a trillion microplastic fibers may be released worldwide every month as people use and discard these everyday cleaning tools.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In torrential rain, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy regularly dried his gloves, but the ball boys repeatedly tried to discard his towel.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

He was standing guard in front of the discard pile.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

They agree to meet again, but Kip completely discards his Western life.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

Back in the diamond belt of Sierra Leone, Daniel discards another sieve-load of gravel.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

The show’s path to hit status is an unusual story for Hollywood, which often discards shows that aren’t immediately successful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

This measurement, which has critics and fans, discards the categories with the most extreme inflation readings on both the high and low ends.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

That evening Mrs. Moss prepared her infamous sour broccoli soup, which she made from half-rotten vegetables that she got from a man who delivered crates of supermarket discards.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

We must stop treating discarded land as a problem and begin seeing it as the solution to building America’s digital infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He understood military power and negotiating leverage, but he also knew that diplomacy can’t succeed if governments believe promises are merely words to be discarded when they become inconvenient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The sisters got creative and rummaged in thrift shops, looking for discarded treasure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Stepping over a pile of discarded Nerf guns, we pass through a gate into a secret walled garden.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The ancient wisdom was discarded, and scientists began to divine the laws that governed the workings of nature.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

By discarding artistic hierarchy of any kind, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is stepping into an ongoing debate about what kind of work gets to be labeled “art.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Evie Roberts, a silversmith who teaches jewellery-making at the centre, said people needed to be educated about the dangers of discarding bottles or cigarettes, which can cause fires.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

I generally prefer, as a strategic matter, an elevation of shared values—inclusive, connective, moral language such as reclaiming, rather than reinventing or discarding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

AFP reporters saw hundreds of people -- men, women and children -- entering Ceuta, discarding flotation rings and clothes used in their crossing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Women, I know, sometimes have themselves shorn at those watershed moments of their lives, like discarding the memory of a man.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee