detritus

Example Sentences

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The pair said they were worried about the potential fire hazard caused by the rubbish, with the detritus outside the property including soft furnishings and abandoned gas canisters.

From BBC

A prominent geologist, Grove Karl Gilbert, calculated in the early 1900s that miners in the Sierra Nevada had displaced eight times the amount of dirt and detritus that was moved to build the Panama Canal.

From New York Times

"It's like swimming in an open sewer. Wet wipes, tampons, other detritus, it's disgusting. It smells like a filthy toilet."

From BBC

Fighting has littered Ukraine with an appalling amount of dangerous war detritus.

From Reuters

No building remains untouched by ordnance, no surface clear of war detritus.

From Los Angeles Times