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
"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
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
Looked like he’d saved it from a scrap heap.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
