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Recent Examples of junkyard
On June 12th, Javier Ramirez was at his uncle's auto junkyard in the mostly Latino city of Montebello, east of Los Angeles, when a white unmarked SUV pulled up to the front gate.
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 4 July 2025
In 2024, nearly half of Sonoma County’s drone flights involved non-cannabis violations, including construction without a permit, junkyard conditions and zoning violations, according to data included in the complaint.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Our production design department had to sift through a junkyard to find our production design.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
But Clippers point guard James Harden neglected to box out Gordon, Denver’s consummate junkyard dog of a power forward who had accepted Harden’s invite to throw hands earlier in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 4 July 2025
In 2024, nearly half of Sonoma County’s drone flights involved non-cannabis violations, including construction without a permit, junkyard conditions and zoning violations, according to data included in the complaint.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Our production design department had to sift through a junkyard to find our production design.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
But Clippers point guard James Harden neglected to box out Gordon, Denver’s consummate junkyard dog of a power forward who had accepted Harden’s invite to throw hands earlier in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Archaeologists also found a vessel likely used for landfill retention, plus another one that remains unidentified.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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,
3 Sep. 2025
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The roomy dustbin didn’t need constant emptying, and the crevice tool came in clutch for picking up crumbs between couch cushions and from the tight corners of car seats.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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In a new Instagram photo dump recapping her 30th birthday celebrations, Brittany Mahomes shared a photo of the Grammy winner, 35, joining in on the party — and placing her martini on the mother of three’s head!—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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And then there was the dump single.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
1 Sep. 2025
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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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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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