wreckage
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AFP footage showed the overturned bus and its wreckage scattered along the roadside.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Surveying the wreckage of their home, they told the BBC that on their return that Thursday evening they were forced to watch their neighbourhood going up in flames on TV.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Could this be wreckage from a 214-year-old maritime disaster?
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Two years ago, it became a hub for rerouting global shipping and recovering wreckage when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, creating a logistical and cleanup crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ben flew over two rows of folding chairs and fell on top of a small girl who screamed until a host of arms lifted Ben out of the wreckage and off the girl.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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