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Now, a company in the UK has come up with an ingenious way to help people from around the world get over their exes by sending them straight to the scrap heap.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2024
Baltimore got the two veterans off the relative scrap heap to serve as depth; the New York Yankees released Hicks amid his slow start to the season, and the New York Mets traded McCann to the Orioles this offseason for a low-level minor leaguer while eating most of the money left on his contract.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
One, Dallas general manager Nico Harrison looks smart for signing 6-6 swingman Holiday on Feb. 13, seemingly off the scrap heap.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
If any of the four browsers throws an error, that sample URL goes on the scrap heap.
—PCMAG, 13 Sep. 2023
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2024
Baltimore got the two veterans off the relative scrap heap to serve as depth; the New York Yankees released Hicks amid his slow start to the season, and the New York Mets traded McCann to the Orioles this offseason for a low-level minor leaguer while eating most of the money left on his contract.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
One, Dallas general manager Nico Harrison looks smart for signing 6-6 swingman Holiday on Feb. 13, seemingly off the scrap heap.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
If any of the four browsers throws an error, that sample URL goes on the scrap heap.
—PCMAG, 13 Sep. 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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The photo shows a large crowd of more than 200 people, crouching low amid the rubble of Jabalya in northern Gaza.Abeer Salman, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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There is reason to believe that there may be tens of thousands more people buried under the rubble.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Eight hours a day, Hampton, Briggs and her dogs paddled downstream, picking through the river’s tributaries and storm detritus, as the cadaver dogs perched on the raft’s bow, following scents.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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On the south side of the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, amid the brush and the dirt and detritus, there is an empty tub of Dreyer’s vanilla ice cream and an empty drink cup from Subway.Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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On the Fourth of July 1906, he was found under a pile of lumber at the Alder Street dock.Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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When the hotel was torn down, much of the lumber was sold to be used in building houses in the area.Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Another must-have in my travel bag, this compact travel set includes a shampoo and conditioner duo that will work for anyone and actually doubles as a body wash and shaving cream!Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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After hundreds of wears and washes, the wool continues to hold up.Nicole Qualtieri, Outside Online, 27 Oct. 2024
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The case involves an unusual dispute between the agency and liberal San Francisco over what the city says are impossibly vague rules for the discharge of untreated sewage into San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.L'Oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy reported two discharges of untreated sewage and one false alarm, one on May 25, 2011, and the other, triggered by a massive downpour, on June 26, 2021, according to Hugh McDiarmid Jr., communications director.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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