detritus
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When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
After a two-second shot of cosmetic detritus, Suzi Quatro struts onscreen, clapping her hands to the beat of the drummer behind her.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
To Ernest, this detritus of U-235 separation and plutonium manufacture was untapped treasure; only neutrons were needed to unlock its value.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing detritus
Lord of the Flies
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Just Mercy
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