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

"Consumers who have any recalled product should discard it immediately and not consume it. Refunds are available at the location of purchase," it added.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

If someone calls Sasha by the wrong name, the card instructed, the offender must discard a card from his/her hand.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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

Most of these businesses offer pickup at the end of the season and have partnerships with farms, where they drop off discards that become food for animals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

It also discards homes that have been listed for more than six months, as it considers them to be unlikely to sell.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025

Over and over he crosses out symbols and numbers, discards books in favor of others, and then returns to the discarded ones again.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Joe Swanberg’s “The Sun Never Sets” is a reminder that discarded partners also have movie-worthy drama — too much of it for the couple, perhaps, but plenty for our amusement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Robinson, with his average pace of 78.4mph here and previous frustrations about his attitude and fitness, was discarded under Stokes and previous coach Brendon McCullum.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Decades after Einstein had discarded the idea, his supposed mistake returned as the leading explanation for the new data.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

While the business of cosmetically modified, futuristic-looking pets remains in its infancy, animal rights groups worry that eventually the creatures will be created, sold and later discarded in crowded municipal shelters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

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

Billy Smith—his hair loose, wearing a dress, and barefoot after discarding his low-heel pumps—danced the woman invoked in the song.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He told officers he did not know the items were in his bag and would be fine discarding them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

On Saturday, June 10, the Tribune sniffed, “Her Highness...has a way of discarding programs and following independently the bent of her inclination.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson