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wreckage

[rek-ij] / ˈrɛk ɪdʒ /
NOUN
remains
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NOUN
ruins
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Footage also shows crews continuing to comb through wreckage on Monday morning to find survivors.

From BBC Jul. 6, 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

She gestured in disgust at the burning wreckage.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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