wreckage
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Now, questions are swirling about whether authorities will be able to raise the boat, if any bodies are inside, and if the wreckage can reveal what happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The wreckage of a New York sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people, showed signs of a bird strike, investigators said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Footage also shows crews continuing to comb through wreckage on Monday morning to find survivors.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
The roar got louder as the wave filled with wreckage.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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