detritus
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But any visitor who has circled the White House on foot knows that it’s a decidedly wearisome experience, punctuated by the detritus of security barriers and by efforts to keep the public at bay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Seve has let the detritus of life pile up around him — literally — with delivery packages and plastic-wrapped clothes overrunning his tiny Baltimore apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Again, how much of that detritus exists, and how essential is it to the story of the band or the album?
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
Some of the boxes had broken open on the way, spilling hot uranium over the truck bed; Seaborg advised his assistants to wear rubber gloves to sweep up the detritus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing detritus
Lord of the Flies
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Just Mercy
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