junkyard
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One account on X said: "Ferrari just killed their brand just like Jaguar did. This is straight to the junkyard trash."
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Los Angeles police and officials from several other government agencies Wednesday entered a Sun Valley property that a hoarder has turned into an unlicensed junkyard clogged with rusted vehicles and hazardous waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
Eliot, unfolding as a dance-heavy, revue-like show about cats gathering in a junkyard for their annual Jellicle Ball, has been seen as strange at best, and kitsch at worst.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
The other was the driver from the junkyard.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
When Romero arrived at one of these desert junkyards, she says she couldn’t believe her eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
He writes other issues the government has not dealt with include the court backlog, fraud against older people, and fly-tipping - which has turned "neighbourhoods into junkyards".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Hand, 68, worked most of his life as an auto mechanic — a skill he learned in his father’s junkyards near Detroit and Little Rock, Arkansas.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
I described Buck’s Peak, with its many junkyards, barns, corrals.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
