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salvage

[sal-vij] / ˈsæl vɪdʒ /


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Their experiments showed that MDS stem cells depend strongly on the NAD salvage pathway, a recycling process that helps cells maintain their supply of NAD.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Aware of the damage that Thomas could inflict on her young career, Hill was determined to do what she could to salvage an extraordinary legal opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

How Anna Wintour’s quest to salvage John Galliano’s legacy was thwarted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Reynolds, 42, said: "Everyone's gutted, grieving, people have lost so much and no-one can go in to see if they can salvage anything."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Two days and two nights later, as the sun was already disappearing behind the roofs, Mosca and Riccio packed the few belongings they had managed to salvage from the movie theater into Mosca’s boat.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

“Destitute of all comfort and company,” he salvages what he can from the wreckage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

The Bay Area’s White Pony Express salvages tons of food that would otherwise go to waste and uses it to feed the needy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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

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

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

A viewer may be less so, though Mr. Pineda handles the so-called salvaged materials deftly, if loosely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

On the hillside above the shop is an open-air lunch area, its seating made from wooden bleachers salvaged from the old right-field pavilion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

But a late rescue act courtesy of a towering header from Guehi - who all the attention was on - and Josko Gvardiol's cool finish salvaged an unlikely comeback victory against Bournemouth.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

When a Greek Orthodox church in Flint burned down, Milton drove up and salvaged one of the surviving stained glass windows.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Over the past few years, individual investors have coalesced into a market-moving force, upending hedge-fund bets, salvaging struggling companies and sending favored stocks straight to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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

"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

I’d inadvertently signed up for a 300-level theology class as a freshman and floundered my way through, ultimately salvaging my grade with an eleventh-hour, leave-it-all-on-the-field effort on the final paper.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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