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Recent Examples of scrap heap
In his stead at the moment is Ryan Yarbrough, the veteran finesse lefty who Cashman snapped up off the scrap heap after his release from the Blue Jays in March and has pitched well in all four of his starts and one long relief appearance.
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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Postwar Keynesian dogma should follow postwar Mercantilist dogma onto the scrap heap of history.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Florida found gold on the NHL scrap heap: Carter Verhaeghe, Gustav Forsling, Oliver-Ekman Larsson.
—Eric Duhatschek, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015
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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Postwar Keynesian dogma should follow postwar Mercantilist dogma onto the scrap heap of history.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Florida found gold on the NHL scrap heap: Carter Verhaeghe, Gustav Forsling, Oliver-Ekman Larsson.
—Eric Duhatschek, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrap heap
Noun
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Chreim, 74, finds the names of his grandmother and grandfather among the broken pieces of marble before heading to the ruins of his home.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mogetta said that field work in 2026 and 2027 will reveal more of the ruins.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Otherwise, schedule bulk trash pickup or haul the mattress to the dump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 2023, Hailey got into the Halloween spirit in an Instagram photo dump.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Although his focus is on his employees and their families at this time, seeing 20 years of his business and life in rubble was devastating — not only for Garber but for those who depend on Grade A Auto Parts.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Nov. 2025
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In Benghazi’s Ganfuda Detention Center, dozens of young women and girls crowd the floor of a warehouse strewn with foam mattresses and the plastic-bag detritus of an itinerant life.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Among the sea of urban detritus that seemed to stretch for miles, the line itself could not be seen from the IDF outpost.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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As the government shutdown lumbers into its second month, the number of flight delays at Charlotte’s airport during that time is approaching 6,000.—
Chase Jordan
Updated November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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The almost 400 passengers on the steamer were returning from a long day’s outing when the ship collided with a lumber-carrying vessel.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, due to the wide variety of dyes and dye methods used by clothing manufacturers, dye transfer can still occur during the wash process, especially with new clothes, Wang says.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Heat from water in the wash cycle or drying black clothes on high heat breaks down fabric fibers, increasing dye loss.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Tijuana River, which crosses from Mexico into California before emptying into the Pacific Ocean, carries not only water but also trash and millions of gallons of untreated sewage.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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How have the odors from sewage flows affected your daily life and health?—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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