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Recent Examples of junkyard
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
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Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
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Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026
As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Waste Management held a competitive advantage in owning landfills, and from there, the company pursued consolidating numerous trash haulers.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a significant source of airborne microplastics and nanoplastics, but there are many other places where tiny plastic particles can be whipped up into the skies, including from landfills, roadside litter and car tires.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
Noun
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And CDs are in the dustbin of history.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Shark Stratos is designed for true hands free maintenance, featuring a NeverTouch Base that handles everything from emptying the dustbin to washing and drying the mop pads.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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On summer weekends, Smorgasburg drops food vendors across Brooklyn and Manhattan — basically a feed dump waiting to happen.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Alexis Weber, 50, was arrested on Tuesday morning after taking a dump in her own front yard.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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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 5 May. 2026.
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