Example Sentences

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Not that the script could have been salvaged by better acting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The start of the weekend was dire but Alonso salvaged something by completing another race for Aston Martin and had some fun battles with Cadillac's Sergio Perez.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

At Selah, he made a point of showing visitors that his fences were made of old telephone poles, salvaged cable and eye bolts bought secondhand in bulk for 5 cents a pound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

The visitors showed plenty of fight as Raul Jimenez's penalty halved the deficit five minutes from time before Kevin's spectacular strike looked to have salvaged a point.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

It can only be salvaged if human rights and dignity, in full, are extended to black men.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey