scrap heap

Example Sentences

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Destined for the scrap heap, these historic artifacts just had to be saved.

From Seattle Times

They’d chosen from a relative scrap heap compared to what the Kraken had to pick from, including team scoring leader McCann, having been given more favorable expansion draft rules.

From Seattle Times

Allowing consumers to make their own repairs “saves money, and it keeps electronics in use and off the scrap heap,” says Nathan Proctor, a director of U.S.

From Seattle Times

So when will the the trusty boiler be consigned to the scrap heap in the UK?

From BBC

But that’s the thing: Almost everyone I talked to was agnostic about seeing the Wilson statue sent to the scrap heap.

From Los Angeles Times