rubble
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In particular, the moon's irregular appearance resembles what scientists call a rubble pile asteroid, an object made from many pieces of rock held together relatively loosely by gravity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"So we are going to have to go through the rubble and see how many victims there were on board, as well as identify the helicopter; we couldn’t even see a tail," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
One issue is Gaza authorities’ woefully reduced resources to search and retrieve bodies from the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
A witness quoted by Reuters news agency said the fire had been put out by afternoon but smoke was still rising from rubble and corrugated metal.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He asked workers to go back out onto the grounds and clear away the highly radioactive rubble that surrounded Reactor 2.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing rubble
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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