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junkyards

  • plural
    of junkyard.
    junkyard
    noun
    a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.

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When Romero arrived at one of these desert junkyards, she says she couldn’t believe her eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

At some point, Purdy said, he saw a future where there are propellant depots in space, tugs that can move damaged satellites, junkyards and manufacturing in space on commercial space stations.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

Mostly rural communities, a few junkyards and a handful of developing neighbourhoods in this part of San Antonio make it easy for a truck this size to go unnoticed - until it doesn't.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022

He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech