rubble
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After a further five weeks of war, today Iran maintains its stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium which is thought to be contained in gas cylinders under rubble.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Any effort by Iran to recover highly enriched uranium—what Trump calls “nuclear dust”—buried under rubble after strikes on three nuclear sites last June could take months, Trump said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
A mother stands by the rubble, crying out for her daughter.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
At a pagoda in the suburb of Amarapura, a statue of a reclining Buddha emerges from a carefully arranged pile of brick rubble, its face respectfully cleaned.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 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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