salvage
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Desperate for any advantage, the Night Court’s Inner Circle must scatter far and wide to face emerging past enemies and salvage Prythian’s fragile peace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
By daybreak, residents were returning to their damaged homes to salvage some belongings before they collapsed completely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
He could salvage his reputation following his infamous vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He could, in short, live a little bit.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
A better yen salvage plan would involve less government spending and renewed reforms to spur economic growth—making Japan a more desirable place to invest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
As if she were one of the boss men who came down to watch the work and paid out cash bonus for good salvage.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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“Destitute of all comfort and company,” he salvages what he can from the wreckage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
A surgeon barely salvages the sight in my left eye, but my right eye can’t be saved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
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
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 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
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At the time, campaigns were a sideline for Reilly, who supported himself selling doodads and other salvaged wares in a movable flea market he operated on Fisherman’s Wharf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
But she's confident her house can be salvaged.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
They salvaged precious few things: a clay figurine Missi and Frank had purchased on their honeymoon in Peru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Italian Antonelli salvaged a good result for Mercedes after a difficult session.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
On the dark second floor, Zeitoun held a flashlight between his teeth, sifting through the pile of belongings he’d salvaged.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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He has also been an international champion of his “recovered voices” project, salvaging the neglected operas of composers in the first half of the 20th century who were silenced by Nazi Germany.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
"Their aim has to be salvaging the season by qualifying for the Champions League with a top-four or perhaps top-five finish - but that's a big drop-off from what we saw last season," added Shearer.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 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
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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