wreckage
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Five crew members remain missing after the wreckage of a Boeing 737 plane that went missing off the coast of Pakistan has been located, aviation officials have said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
For Víctor Colivert, the most important thing now was staying by the side of his nephew's body, recovered from a building's wreckage and now in a black body bag.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Both look back to Reconstruction, to the debates surrounding the citizenship clause, and to the constitutional wreckage left behind by Dred Scott.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Thomas E. Franklin’s “Raising the Flag at Ground Zero,” taken only hours after the twin towers had collapsed, provided a glimmer of hope among the wreckage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Reagan was moving fast, but as it neared Sendai, the sea became thick with wreckage from the tsunami.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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