salvage

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

European imports, which rose in recent years when suppliers there raced to salvage logs from forests damaged by wind, fire and pests, have also declined.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

But he plucked the weeds and filled in the rabbit holes and watered the garden, too, just in case there was something to salvage, something under the surface that couldn’t be seen.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

“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

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

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

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

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

Dri gave him the meat John had salvaged from JoJo’s vomit.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

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

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

Mostly it was trash, but sometimes there was something worth salvaging, something he could make useful again or even sell.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez