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Recent Examples of junkyard
The Accent was set on fire and later taken to a junkyard, where it was recovered by authorities, Toczylowski said.
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
But what seems like a windfall quickly spirals into a chain of betrayal, junkyard standoffs and escalating violence.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Standout works include a series of images by Tony Albert and David Charles Collins depicting kids posing as Superhero charactres on of trashed cars in a junkyard.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
But what seems like a windfall quickly spirals into a chain of betrayal, junkyard standoffs and escalating violence.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
In Marietta, with meager funds, Marcus Brachman started a junkyard.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2025
Standout works include a series of images by Tony Albert and David Charles Collins depicting kids posing as Superhero charactres on of trashed cars in a junkyard.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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The Reuse Fair aims to keep valuable items out of landfills by encouraging the donation of reusable items to organizations in need.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The law aims to dramatically reduce landfill waste — especially organic waste — and requires many businesses to donate edible surplus food to organizations like Feeding San Diego.—
Patty Oconnor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Through Osio Vande’s lens, bears encounter tourists and garbage dumps, all while trying to evade conservation officers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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In a microburst, a storm cloud dumps cool air and rain straight down, like water from a broken awning.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
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