rubble
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An AFP photographer saw civil defence personnel recovering equipment from the rubble.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
She'd been trapped under the rubble, but later rescued.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
A Los Angeles Fire Department crew sifted through rubble on the property and found a wedding ring, along with other precious belongings, authorities said in a news release.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Iran isn’t currently enriching uranium and would need to recover fissile material that is buried under tons of rubble if it wanted to sprint to a bomb.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
This strange place was a nightmare, a wasteland of rubble covered with brown slime.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing rubble
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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