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salvage

[sal-vij] / ˈsæl vɪdʒ /


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The National Park is overseeing salvage efforts, with Coast Guard personnel assessing potential pollution risks and the need for debris removal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The US Open was meant to salvage Sabalenka's season - but she must now regroup as she adjusts to her position as world number two.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Over the past few days, in an attempt to salvage the obviously empty Board of Peace agreement, Kushner traveled to Egypt, along with his fellow board member and former U.K.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

By daybreak, residents were returning to their damaged homes to salvage some belongings before they collapsed completely.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Two days and two nights later, as the sun was already disappearing behind the roofs, Mosca and Riccio packed the few belongings they had managed to salvage from the movie theater into Mosca’s boat.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

“Destitute of all comfort and company,” he salvages what he can from the wreckage.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

His celebrated merchant posters, made from local advertisements that he salvages from his neighborhood and then effaces so that multiple layers surface simultaneously, tell a history of predation via something as commonplace as payday-loan advertisements.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2023

Baltimore’s Recreation and Parks Department salvages wood from city trees and redirects it to Camp Small, a city-run processing facility, where it’s used in city construction or sold to residents.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2022

Holland eventually chooses to use his power for Good, and not for Evil, and in doing so salvages the sacrosanct purity and moral reputation of Marvel superheroes.

From Salon May 5, 2022

He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

In “Scattered Steel” these authors track the metal salvaged from the approximately 1.8 million tons of wreckage at Ground Zero.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The good news is that when new ownership takes over of organizations, companies and properties, they can often be salvaged.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Since the late 1960s, Saar has transformed washboards, dolls, clocks, family photographs, racist memorabilia and other salvaged materials into emotionally charged assemblages now held in the permanent collections of more than 60 museums.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Residents had laid out mattresses, washing machines, wooden furniture, and other salvaged household items.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

On Wednesday, firefighters were salvaging what they could from the structure, and the cause of the blaze was under investigation, according to the Fire Department.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Over the past few years, individual investors have coalesced into a market-moving force, upending hedge-fund bets, salvaging struggling companies and sending favored stocks straight to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was set to address European leaders on Saturday as they try to step up their autonomy in defence while salvaging transatlantic ties badly strained under President Donald Trump.

From Barron's Feb. 14, 2026

"Their aim has to be salvaging the season by qualifying for the Champions League with a top-four or perhaps top-five finish - but that's a big drop-off from what we saw last season," added Shearer.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

Mara and Smithy walked around salvaging chunks of slag metal.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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