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
This is another that belongs on the scrap heap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025
The trademarked seal now appears on Mondelez's air-dried vegetable crisps and some of Danone's yogurt, assuring buyers that the zucchini and lemons inside the package have been saved from the scrap heap.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022
That was tossed in the scrap heap after the relatively meager box office returns of 2018′s “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022
I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
