scrap heap
Example Sentences
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Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
"It's absolutely infuriating that a treatable condition like this is ignored and that women are put on the scrap heap," said Lipoedema UK's head of research Dr Lesley Steinitz.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
If that’s what’s best for her, then he’s OK with being cast on the scrap heap.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024
He arrived here on the scrap heap, cut by the New York Mets after the 2013 season, scooped up by shrewd former general manager Ned Colletti, given a million bucks and a minor league contract.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022
He is perhaps best known for this quote: “We will turn this prison from a scrap heap into a repair shop.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
