salvaging

Any last chance of the Trojans salvaging their season — or at least securing a bowl bid — rested on his broad shoulders.

He's too focused on salvaging what he can to think that far ahead.

The salvaging got to be kind of joke.

The Mariners just faced one of the best teams in baseball, salvaging one win over the three-game series in Baltimore and largely looking outmatched in the other two.

Mara and Smithy walked around salvaging chunks of slag metal.