slag
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Copper, steel, aluminum and precious metals can be recovered, but rare-earth metals typically fuse with other byproducts in waste called slag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Nearby, excavators found iron slag - some of it fused to the furnace wall - hinting at advanced metalworking techniques.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
Among the many sounds and smells of the steelworks, Steve's most notable memory is the smell of "rotten eggs", which comes from the slag that's formed during the steel-making process.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2024
The Cambridge researchers found that used cement is an effective substitute for lime flux, which is used in steel recycling to remove impurities and normally ends up as a waste product known as slag.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Lieberstein previously worked on "The Office" as one of its producers and as Toby, the bland HR representative everyone slagged off on.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
Executives who didn’t take her calls risked being slagged on Deadline.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
Anyway, you’ll be happy to hear, I fought through my misgivings and slagged the performance—but it struck me that if I was thinking about these questions in this context, these questions have permeated very deep.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2018
EST 21:08 Stuart Heritage Chris Rock just slagged off Sam Smith to his face.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2016
Hardly big enough so a cat could slip through, and under it is this big pile of coal slagged up against the foundation wall.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
Last week Mr Jones denied this was the case, telling the High Court the legal action was "not about slagging anyone off in this TV series".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2021
“This is not about slagging anyone off in this TV series at all,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Fearn doesn’t share the inclination, saying, “I’ve never really been into slagging bands off. It’s just not my thing.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
YouTube videos were dedicated to slagging her off.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 16, 2020
Gary Drake and Ross Wilcox might’ve been slagging me off, but the fainter the voices became, the less I wanted to go back.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
