salvage
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Over the past few days, in an attempt to salvage the obviously empty Board of Peace agreement, Kushner traveled to Egypt, along with his fellow board member and former U.K.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In response, the project posted on social media that it had given its "best efforts to salvage" the partnership.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
"Ares 3 was a failure, but we can salvage something from it. We're funded for five Ares missions. I think we can get Congress to fund a sixth."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
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
For money, Amina makes small, ingeniously designed coal stoves using steel wires that she painstakingly salvages from old car and truck tires she buys.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 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
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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
A Games which he has backed vocally since Glasgow salvaged it from the wreckage of Victoria's aborted bid.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture— must be resurrected from the ruins and examined.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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On Wednesday, firefighters were salvaging what they could from the structure, and the cause of the blaze was under investigation, according to the Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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
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
What I have learned in the past few days has made me feel like there is nothing about this place worth salvaging.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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