wreckage
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As Brennan and his team left the airport in a convoy of Toyota SUVs, the rubble and wreckage from years of war marked the landscape of sand, brush and sheep herds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s pugnacious parliament speaker, continued his now-daily trolling of the Trump administration, posting a picture depicting the smoking wreckage of what appeared to be two planes and two helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
The footballer's body was recovered from the plane wreckage about two-and-a-half weeks after the crash and repatriated to Argentina, but Ibbotson has never been found.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
According to Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Russian drone components recovered in wreckage in Ukraine include microelectronics manufactured in East Asia by Western companies, such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and AMD.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The moon above spread its light generously, muting the ruins and wreckage.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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