salvager

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The salvagers will first recover the surrounding site, as stretches of seabed have been raked in different directions by trawling nets.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2022

Mr. Adams said that Russian superyachts that don’t find a buyer may be sold to salvagers for their pricey fittings: gold-plated bathroom fixtures, marble, inlaid floors made of rare wood.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

And it has become an issue of space, officials have said; salvagers are simply running out of space to dump destroyed cars and other vehicles and must carve out new boneyards.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

“Other parts,” she wrote, “come from black-market salvagers of drone test and attack debris, who would not be affected by sanctions.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2021

The fore-hatch was open, just as the hastily departing salvagers had left it.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman