junkyard
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To give her 8-year-old daughter Sigrid a similar experience, she pays for her to visit a junkyard playground on this former Coast Guard installation in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Responses on social media to the launch have ranged from describing it as "straight to the junkyard trash" to an "absolute masterclass in design".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
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
A farmer who owned a Model T didn’t need a forge or metal lathe to fix his engine; he could simply order a replacement part—or cannibalize one from a wrecked car in a junkyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
We drove past Gran’s neighbor’s junkyard, where some kid was pedaling his bike with a vengeance, and that same fat orange tabby was lounging in the grass.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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When Romero arrived at one of these desert junkyards, she says she couldn’t believe her eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
It is part of a sweeping movement that is transforming dusty highway shoulders, parking lots, schoolyards and junkyards worldwide.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
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
At some point, Purdy said, he saw a future where there are propellant depots in space, tugs that can move damaged satellites, junkyards and manufacturing in space on commercial space stations.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
City clutter had fallen behind and now there was country clutter, junkyards, a trailer park, billboards advertising dog food and faraway hotels.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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