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Recent Examples of junkyard
On June 12th, Javier Ramirez was at his uncle's auto junkyard in the mostly Latino city of Montebello, east of Los Angeles, when a white unmarked SUV pulled up to the front gate.
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 4 July 2025
In 2024, nearly half of Sonoma County’s drone flights involved non-cannabis violations, including construction without a permit, junkyard conditions and zoning violations, according to data included in the complaint.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Our production design department had to sift through a junkyard to find our production design.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
But Clippers point guard James Harden neglected to box out Gordon, Denver’s consummate junkyard dog of a power forward who had accepted Harden’s invite to throw hands earlier in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 4 July 2025
In 2024, nearly half of Sonoma County’s drone flights involved non-cannabis violations, including construction without a permit, junkyard conditions and zoning violations, according to data included in the complaint.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Our production design department had to sift through a junkyard to find our production design.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
But Clippers point guard James Harden neglected to box out Gordon, Denver’s consummate junkyard dog of a power forward who had accepted Harden’s invite to throw hands earlier in the game.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
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Recycling potential of vapes Ionescu’s VapeServer project highlights what can be done with electronics normally headed for landfill.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers may also spend a portion of their shift sorting material to maximize waste diversion from the landfill.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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When it’s done cleaning, the X9 can return to the base station to empty its dustbin automatically.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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Far less fussy than making homemade caramel apples, but with all the same flavor, this dump cake is our go-to effortless fall dessert.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Fourteen months after winning a landslide election victory, Starmer’s position at the helm of the Labour Party is fragile and his poll ratings are in the dumps.—
Jill Lawless,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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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 20 Sep. 2025.
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