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Who might Sally have been in a world that didn’t throw her on the scrap heap at birth?
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Scoot McNairy’s character is this man who feels part of the scrap heap.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
Most had been donated by amateur collectors who were too intrigued to leave the fossils in the scrap heap.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
Past practice and legal tradition relegated the act, which Congress passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock, one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history, to the scrap heap long ago.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Scoot McNairy’s character is this man who feels part of the scrap heap.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
Most had been donated by amateur collectors who were too intrigued to leave the fossils in the scrap heap.
—Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024
Past practice and legal tradition relegated the act, which Congress passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock, one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history, to the scrap heap long ago.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrap%20heap. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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