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Recent Examples of scrap heap
Arrieta was one of the faces of the Padres’ 2021 collapse, as he was signed off the scrap heap in August and allowed 16 runs in 12⅓ innings in the final four starts of his career.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2025
Kershaw came back off the scrap heap on May 17 and finished 11-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 22 games.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Last Samurai Standing is set in 1878 Japan, the post-samurai period when these famed warriors had — along with their swords — been left on society’s scrap heap, as the country’s feudal system came to an end.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Laureano, another of their fill-in outfielders signed off the scrap heap, got the start in center Monday and made a first-inning error that was the latest in a series of mistakes that have made this makeshift outfield arguably the worst defensive unit in the majors.
—David O'Brien, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2025
Kershaw came back off the scrap heap on May 17 and finished 11-2 with a 3.36 ERA in 22 games.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Last Samurai Standing is set in 1878 Japan, the post-samurai period when these famed warriors had — along with their swords — been left on society’s scrap heap, as the country’s feudal system came to an end.
—Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Laureano, another of their fill-in outfielders signed off the scrap heap, got the start in center Monday and made a first-inning error that was the latest in a series of mistakes that have made this makeshift outfield arguably the worst defensive unit in the majors.
—David O'Brien, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrap heap
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Compare it to Nazi Germany, which went from an empire that nearly took over the world to a heap of ruins in six years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Here is a room filled with statues and artifacts, rescued from the ruins of Pompeii.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Through Osio Vande’s lens, bears encounter tourists and garbage dumps, all while trying to evade conservation officers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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In a microburst, a storm cloud dumps cool air and rain straight down, like water from a broken awning.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Since then residents of Cincinnati's sister city in Ukraine have been bombed, killed and watched parts of their city turn to rubble.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Feb. 2026
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Eversource crews were on hand on Thursday assessing the property and digging through rubble.—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Many of us expected a great contextualizing flood of plays and films about isolation and lockdowns and Zooms and the other detritus of the era.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Mattresses and questionably clean bedding were dredged up, dusty couches cleared of detritus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Minnesota Department of Labor's OSHA fined Menards $25,000 in 2022, citing unsafe conditions relating to the stack of lumber involved in the incident.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Rail lines and schooners transported cotton, lumber, bricks, and tar across Lake Pontchartrain to meet the growing demands of New Orleans.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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There’s an update on the boxy, cropped shirt that dominated feeds last year, while denim spans shorts, baggy and straight jeans in various washes.—
Alice Cary,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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Labrum presented a global outlook with block-print denim suits and dark wash denim coordinates embellished with oversized brooches and unconventional hardware.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Mar. 2026
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The contract, signed in January 2026, tasks BBK with advocating before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on behalf of the county to secure funding and action to address cross-border sewage flows that have fouled South Bay beaches and communities for decades.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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James Carbone, Fort Lauderdale A story about sludge Broward County Commissioner Beam Furr is proposing a sewage wastewater sludge dryer in west Pompano, fueled by methane from the Monarch Hill dump.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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