salving

He bought the wreck of the great steamship Gavonne for a song, and in salving it achieved the impossible and cleaned up a quarter of a million.

A SON OF THE SUN 2010

Gavonne for a song, and in salving it achieved the impossible and cleaned up a quarter of a million.

A Son of the Sun 1912

He was responsible for the salving of the Doncaster -- bought in at auction for

THE HEATHEN 2010

Sometimes she dreamed of all the little pills, waiting in their bottles to perform their angelic functions: curing, salving, unblocking, repairing.

Shortcomings of the Immediate World Jonathan Sapers 2010

Once a group has been deprived of its lands or its votes or its living -- or even its lives -- exhibiting its art can feel like conscience-salving condescension.

New 'Vantage Point' show at American Indian museum shows off symbolic power Blake Gopnik 2010

I know what scares him: If I die first there'll be no salving surreality between him and his conscience.

'The Last Werewolf' 2011

He was responsible for the salving of the Doncaster -- bought in at auction for

THE HEATHEN 2010

Democracy and human rights shall go on doing duty in many a speech or scheme by which Western leaders, especially the big ones, shall go on salving their conscience and in the meanwhile they shall do everything to support and aid tyrannical regimes.

Cairo protests:The west has a duty to nurture democracy | Observer editorial 2011

Riding around the plantation will henceforth be good enough for me, or perhaps salving another Martha; but the bushmen of Guadalcanar need never worry for fear that I shall visit them again.

Chapter 25 2010

I figured out that it was less about the man himself, and more about salving my hurting ego.

Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009