debris
Example Sentences
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The video shows a spray of debris flying as the truck struck the overpass, tipped over, and skidded on its side.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Hillsborough sat near the far end of that debris path, where the largest pieces were expected to reach the ground.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
It also recorded 43,679 affected households and 346,755 tons of cleared debris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
But the gigantic heavy-duty bags—each able to hold about a ton of trash—are packed full of radioactive debris.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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