Many have been brought out of mothballs and pressed into service during the recent runup.

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Six years ago the railway decided to take its old executive coaches out of mothballs and charter them.

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Unlike Vuillard's interior scenes, which one might imagine have the odor of mothballs, this one could smell of almond blossom.

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The navy, already too poor to bring it out of mothballs, has now discovered that it cannot even afford the mothballs.

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Keeping mothballs in your tool chest will help to prevent rust.

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He accepted the argument that in an international crisis, having to bring one of these deadly subs out of mothballs could in itself be a fateful act of escalation.

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But for now the project is in mothballs.

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Although the Army has good reason to be concerned about the budget environment that lies ahead, it probably should be more concerned about the combat environment it could face once it mothballs its combat-vehicle plants.

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Accordingly, there will probably be no near-term end to Havana's discussions with Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil and others concerning how and when to revive the Cienfuegos deal, even if it should again be consigned to mothballs due to robust U.S. Congressional opposition.

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