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Recent Examples of junkyard
Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
An Army veteran who worked at a junkyard and later as a hospital janitor, Yenner used to toss a football around the backyard with Moore and her brothers and take them on long day trips through the countryside.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
In the video, Wheeler sings to his daughter, who was born around the time of the car crash, from a car junkyard.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
The team tracked the call to a junkyard, and Maggie and Scola were able to pull Analis from a trunk before the car was crunched in a compactor.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
An Army veteran who worked at a junkyard and later as a hospital janitor, Yenner used to toss a football around the backyard with Moore and her brothers and take them on long day trips through the countryside.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
In the video, Wheeler sings to his daughter, who was born around the time of the car crash, from a car junkyard.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
The team tracked the call to a junkyard, and Maggie and Scola were able to pull Analis from a trunk before the car was crunched in a compactor.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Materials banned from Fort Worth landfills Hazardous household chemicals and construction debris are mainly what Fort Worth residents cannot throw away.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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Either way, your old shoes are likely to end up in a landfill.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Its five-layer filtration system can trap up to 99.99 percent of germs and allergens for more efficiency, and its HEPA filter, dustbin, and roller brush are all removable and washable.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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To which some will reply that Tether and bitcoin are poised to throw the dollar into history’s proverbial dustbin.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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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 22 Apr. 2025.
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