salvage

The Lauensteins, who spent years scouring architectural salvage sites for items including wrought iron, hardware, lighting and doors to decorate their home, largely stewarded the transformation, with occasional guidance from interior designers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Why would we choose the $2,000 settlement if the salvage offer is only $400?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

As rescue teams wind down efforts to salvage survivors from the rubble, and as residents leave the city -- due to dire economic prospects, trauma or both -- the streets appear more deserted than ever.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

But the young American could not salvage the next one, planting a low forehand into the net after an extraordinary two hours and 35 minutes.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

When the men did not finish their lunches, I would salvage what few crumbs remained.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

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

Can reporting out his own high-school scandal in first person, against everything he’s been taught about journalism, be the click-o-rama that salvages his career?

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 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 salvages the inferior Soviet equipment, milled from marginal steel, clumsily soldered; it’s all so unsystematic.

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

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

During the tournament, thousands of Palestinians gathered in makeshift cafes set up inside tents or built from corrugated metal salvaged from damaged buildings to watch Egypt's matches.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Not that the script could have been salvaged by better acting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Already well out of contention at Oakmont, a final-day 67 salvaged a top-20 finish and only then did McIlroy open up to a trusted group of familiar journalists.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

They emptied the wastebaskets, last thing, and Katie salvaged the longer bits of discarded chalk and the pencils that were not too stubby.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

All that mattered was salvaging the film and making absolutely sure this wouldn’t happen again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Mediators tasked with salvaging the struggling initiative requested ten more days to deliver their conclusions, the French government said this week after reports suggesting the effort had failed to bear fruit.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Realistically, they need victories in at least four of their final five matches to have any chance of salvaging a place in Friday's last four - and they began that quest well.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Mark Joseph Stern: I think anyone who cares about salvaging American democracy needs to be asking those exact questions.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

There still existed an opportunity for salvaging the expedition, however.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer