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One of their jobs was salvaging metal, including railway track, abandoned by British Aluminium which operated a smelter in Fort William.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

One man, who was salvaging mattresses and clothes from his wrecked home, said he believed his neighbours were still under the rubble.

From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2023

Meanwhile, Matt Lincecum was salvaging what he could from the childhood home in a city their mother now referred to as “a swimming pool.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2018

Her greatest feat was salvaging Mr. Obama’s health care plan after the unexpected loss of a Senate seat in Massachusetts had seemed to derail it.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

The next duty was salvaging amongst the flotsam and jetsam which, with the timber charging about and the water at a very low temperature, was a decidedly unpleasant task.

From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley