'V n from n' - Construction 14

Name: the salvage something from a situation construction
Description: A person obtains something beneficial from a situation, with difficulty.
Verbs: conjure, exact, extract, salvage, squeeze, wrest, wring
Example: Stephen had been working non-stop, salvaging coral-stone and tiles from the debris. (BNC)
Membership: figurative 'from'; obtain
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