scrap heap
Example Sentences
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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
If that’s what’s best for her, then he’s OK with being cast on the scrap heap.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
That has left Ms Haley feeling like she is "back on the scrap heap again" and "old before her time".
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023
He arrived here on the scrap heap, cut by the New York Mets after the 2013 season, scooped up by shrewd former general manager Ned Colletti, given a million bucks and a minor league contract.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
