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salvage

[sal-vij] / ˈsæl vɪdʒ /


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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

“There are very few salvage companies willing to do it,” said Khera, a former captain.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

And there she stayed, for the creek was so slender and the currents so tricky and the oyster beds so perilous that no salvage captains would risk their own vessels to retrieve the Moily Bell.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

“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

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 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

Residents had laid out mattresses, washing machines, wooden furniture, and other salvaged household items.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 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

The start of the weekend was dire but Alonso salvaged something by completing another race for Aston Martin and had some fun battles with Cadillac's Sergio Perez.

From BBC May 3, 2026

The buildings stand empty, row after row of them, the windows broken, the doors gone—probably burned for firewood—and when I poke my head inside, even the floors have been ripped out and salvaged.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

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

Mark Joseph Stern: I think anyone who cares about salvaging American democracy needs to be asking those exact questions.

From Slate Dec. 26, 2025

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




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