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Recent Examples of junkyard
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.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
No, the worst Christopher Reeve Superman film is not the embarrassing Cannon Films installment but rather the one featuring a world-class comedian, a woman turning into a computer, and a terrific junkyard battle between Clark Kent and his belligerent jerk doppelganger.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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.
—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
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
No, the worst Christopher Reeve Superman film is not the embarrassing Cannon Films installment but rather the one featuring a world-class comedian, a woman turning into a computer, and a terrific junkyard battle between Clark Kent and his belligerent jerk doppelganger.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Much of it is dumped in landfills, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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In another climate change mitigation push, the company aims to reach zero landfill waste for its Naia spinning production in the United States by 2030.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sweep up anything that falls on the floor in your porch and throw it in the dustbin.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Known to be pack rats, Allegheny woodrats will store large piles of food, called middens, in their dens.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 Oct. 2025
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In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This dump-and-bake casserole delivers all that creamy, crispy, cheesy magic without the hassle of hollowing out a bunch of spuds.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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In December, as part of a social media content dump, he was asked to rate a Starbucks drink.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
23 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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