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Recent Examples of junkyard
There are parts of Usher’s bubble-gum dystopia that help Mystery Men still feel novel 22 years after release, like the villainous goons obsessed with disco, Tom Waits’s junkyard of nonlethal inventions, and Michael Bay playing a decent human being.
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
After Klein died in 2001, the junkyard was taken over by his two sons who maintained the same level of secrecy.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Well, somebody came up with the idea to also take a body from a junkyard and put it on the same dragster frame.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
As his body rebelliously transforms into a walking junkyard, he’s pursued by a metal fetishist with a vendetta and a serious case of rust lust.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
After Klein died in 2001, the junkyard was taken over by his two sons who maintained the same level of secrecy.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Well, somebody came up with the idea to also take a body from a junkyard and put it on the same dragster frame.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
As his body rebelliously transforms into a walking junkyard, he’s pursued by a metal fetishist with a vendetta and a serious case of rust lust.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for junkyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
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In Africa, businesses like Abubakar’s keep countless tons of toxic trash out of landfills, reduce the need for mining, and create thousands of jobs—hardly a trivial consideration in a nation where nearly two-thirds of people live in poverty.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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They are designed for durability and can take decades to break down in a landfill.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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There’s no need to push aside furniture for a thorough clean as this style lies completely flat to slide under beds, sofas, and dining tables, thanks to its front-facing dustbin.Maggie Horton, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The 15-ounce dustbin pulls free by pressing a lever and opens by pinching the finger indents in the top.PCMAG, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
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Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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The land has been largely untouched for centuries — the Mocama and the Guale tribes had a presence on neighboring St. Simons Island, and while there is little information about Indigenous groups on Little St. Simons, shell middens suggest there was travel between the two.Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
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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 3 Dec. 2024.
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