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Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis rescued the former Royal Canadian Navy support boat from the scrap heap for $34,000 after World War II and spent $4 million (now about $50 million) transforming the military vessel into a statement of postwar opulence.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
In the opening round, there are two spectacular rookies, last season’s offensive rookie of the year, two Super Bowl winners, a two-time most valuable player … and two quarterbacks who somehow found their way off the scrap heap, Minnesota’s Sam Darnold and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
In the opening round, there are two spectacular rookies, last season’s offensive rookie of the year, two Super Bowl winners, a two-time most valuable player … and two quarterbacks who somehow found their way off the scrap heap, Minnesota’s Sam Darnold and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrap%20heap. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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