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Recent Examples of junkyard
There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.
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Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026
Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
—Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Eco effort The hotel is marching along a path to zero-landfill waste, helped in part by reductions in single-use plastics and paper materials, plus a swift recycling program.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The pioneering project at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is working to create environmentally friendly alternatives to concrete and epoxy while also reducing the waste going into landfills.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
Noun
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
31 May 2026
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Strong suction and a rolling brush effectively scoop up dirt, crumbs, and debris from the floors before returning to the base to empty into the 3-liter dustbin.—
Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2026
Noun
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But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Garbage piles now choke nearly every Havana street corner, filling neighborhoods with stench, flies and rats as residents navigate improvised dumps outside homes, hospitals and busy thoroughfares.—
Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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King Campground has a dump station.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 June 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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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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