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Recent Examples of scrap heap
The Nationals picked the 25-year-old up off the scrap heap after spring training and now Mead is quietly in the middle of a breakout year.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Engineers eventually built a straighter, higher-speed option, and a poor resale market spared the original bridge from the scrap heap.
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Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Going from the scrap heap to one of the most coveted pitchers in the game has afforded Hill a perspective on retirement that few active players enjoy.
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Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Gausman and Hoffman, both cast to the scrap heap at different points in their careers, will play key roles in Toronto’s hopes for an upset.
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Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrap heap
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
Engineers eventually built a straighter, higher-speed option, and a poor resale market spared the original bridge from the scrap heap.
—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Going from the scrap heap to one of the most coveted pitchers in the game has afforded Hill a perspective on retirement that few active players enjoy.
—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Gausman and Hoffman, both cast to the scrap heap at different points in their careers, will play key roles in Toronto’s hopes for an upset.
—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrap heap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrap heap
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Unable to leave, residents rely on each other In another neighborhood, a view of the brilliant deep blue of the Mediterranean, a block away, framed the ruins of what had been a famous creamery – Karrit Ice Cream.
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And then the next issue became the funeral, instead of just Scott and Jean hanging out in the ruins.
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But Minnesota’s salary dump of Julius Randle last Monday took a chunk out of Brooklyn’s cap space and Chicago’s.
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Trae Young, who was drastically better than Acuff as a freshman at Oklahoma and made an All-NBA team, got traded this season in what was essentially a salary-cap dump.
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Some held torches to light the way as floodlights appeared to illuminate the rubble against the darkness of night.
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Rescuers have fanned out across La Guaira, where the worst destruction occurred, and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers have spent days pulling survivors and victims from the rubble.
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Rather, our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles—not just meteoroids but larger bodies, such as comets, asteroids, and other cosmic detritus—and Earth is right in the firing line.
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Want to take a dip but daunted by the scum and detritus on your pool's walls, floors, and surfaces?
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Timber was also cut to be sawn into lumber for constructing buildings, wagons, furniture, boxes, barrels, and many other uses.
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Big Red's Appliances experienced damage to portions of its signage and roofing, while sections of the outdoor lumber area at Menards were displaced by the winds, with debris coming to rest near Dave & Buster's.
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The payoff is smoother, brighter, glowier-looking skin with every wash.
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Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.
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This brings us to the point that while the project focused on coffee grounds, the technology can be applied to a wide range of high-moisture organic waste, including food waste, agricultural residues, and even sewage sludge.
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For parts of the Massachusetts North Shore, the fate of 4th of July swimming for beachgoers rests on the timeline of temporary pipes being installed to stop a wastewater sewage leak.
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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