jetsam
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When this extraterrestrial jetsam occasionally plunges through the atmosphere, it poses a risk to life, infrastructure and the environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
"It was impossible not to conclude," he later wrote, that for Powell "the struggle was about achieving long-term objectives, not simply a mastery of the flotsam and jetsam of current events".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
Even though Polk was severely injured, Faulkingham said, he was safe and felt God was watching as flotsam and jetsam from his boat was pushed ashore.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
Nearly a year and a half after the full-scale Russian invasion, the war remains a supply line of sorts for Reva, a never-ending tide tossing up new flotsam and jetsam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Whether Penelope was better described as flotsam or jetsam at this point was hard to say.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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