rubble
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Troubles are already piling up around De Zerbi's feet like rubble and he has barely got his feet under the desk.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
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
Some of the buildings at the Thahtay Kyaung monastery, where saffron-clad monks cleared rubble from the wreckage by hand in the days after the quake, have been razed.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Analysts note the regime is battered but intact, still controls the Strait of Hormuz and could access its nuclear materials buried deep under rubble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
With much “Hurr-ing” and “Arr-ing,” they waded busily in, bulldozing the enormous heap of rock and rubble off the top of the ramparts.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing rubble
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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