debris

Example Sentences

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Workers quickly cleared debris from the tracks, put up heated tents for passengers, restored the electricity grid and tasked a manual dispatcher with regulating traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The southern flank line is going to be my repair priority,” he wrote, later adding: “Also going to ask that they get all hose debris out. Any other big points folks can think of?”

From Los Angeles Times

In Wrightwood, nestled in the San Gabriel Mountains, residents were digging out of rivers of mud and debris that washed through their homes.

From Los Angeles Times

Evacuation orders were issued as debris swept across roads and into neighborhoods, forcing emergency crews into constant response mode.

From Salon

Other villages were hit by what the information minister said was debris from the strikes.

From Barron's