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salvage

[sal-vij] / ˈsæl vɪdʒ /


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Their experiments showed that MDS stem cells depend strongly on the NAD salvage pathway, a recycling process that helps cells maintain their supply of NAD.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Thidarat Silsuwan, who lives alone in her partially submerged house along the Premprachakorn canal, said she did not want to go to a shelter as she worked to clean up and salvage her belongings.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The National Park is overseeing salvage efforts, with Coast Guard personnel assessing potential pollution risks and the need for debris removal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

How Anna Wintour’s quest to salvage John Galliano’s legacy was thwarted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“A strange creature, that one. I’ve never heard of a salvage company that would bond that sort of muscle.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

He also salvages fallen street trees or storm-damaged wood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

A man salvages his food from trash out of ethical and environmental concerns over waste.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

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

He charms the druggist’s wife into giving him a broken earphone; he salvages a solenoid from a discarded doorbell, solders it to a resistor, and makes a loudspeaker.

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

Steel casement windows and oversize doors used throughout the house are salvaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Spanish “REC”—purportedly forged out of the salvaged recordings of a news crew lost in a plague-zombie apartment building—was genuinely thrilling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her home of salvaged wood was still standing after the storm but the tin roofs had been blown off the kitchen and bedroom.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The good news is that when new ownership takes over of organizations, companies and properties, they can often be salvaged.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Very good. Miss New Mexico, what salvaged materials do we have from the plane?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

And this time, salvaging draws and scraping a point isn’t an option.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

The British king's state visit was officially meant to mark the US-UK alliance in the anniversary year but has ended up being more about salvaging the so-called "special relationship."

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Vonn credited Dr. Tom Hackett, an orthopedic surgeon who works for Vonn and Team USA, for salvaging the limb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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

Dad was too stubborn to shut it down, even though it cost him more to have his foreman salvaging than it would have cost him to cut the iron with torches.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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