wreckage
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Ten days after the double shocks, which came just 38 seconds apart, rescue teams are starting to wrap up searches for survivors while families still try to recover bodies of loved ones from the wreckage.
From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026
Both look back to Reconstruction, to the debates surrounding the citizenship clause, and to the constitutional wreckage left behind by Dred Scott.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
The wreckage was scattered across 37,000 sq m, the equivalent of five football pitches, as the plane collided with accommodation for medical students, and broke apart.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
And tho this heap of wreckage is pretty pounded, if you look at it right, it might be an old Prentisstown house that fell right outta the sky.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for June 12–June 18, 2021
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Compound Fracture
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