Recent Examples on the WebThe European Space Agency, NASA and other spacefaring organizations across the globe have been looking for ways to mitigate the ever-growing cosmic junkyard of old satellites and rocket flotsam crowding Earth's orbit.—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 The cat named Lilly was reunited with her owner, who called the junkyard with the car crusher searching for the missing feline.—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Curiosity very nearly killed a cat that was hiding out in a North Carolina junkyard last week.—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024 As children, Howard and Jaime would play in the junkyard or at the farm.—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 31 Jan. 2024 No one on the show is abandoned at sea, or ventures into the wild, unless one counts the auto junkyards of Southern California.—John Anderson, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023 Tyler, the Creator performed his extensive catalog directly before the closing act with a makeshift junkyard set, motion graphics, and pyrotechnics.—Cierra Black, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023 Out the door, up the street, past the junkyard where the chickens and the old junkyard dog sits.—Mark Mordue, SPIN, 1 Dec. 2023 His was a gigantic junkyard of cars (a recurring visual theme in his work) with a large claw hovering over the stage.—Thania Garcia, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
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