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wreckage

[rek-ij] / ˈrɛk ɪdʒ /
NOUN
remains
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NOUN
ruins
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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

As would “Little Bear Ridge Road,” Samuel D. Hunter’s savagely unsentimental study of an estranged aunt and nephew picking through the wreckage of their family history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

This doesn’t work for Alice, however, who goes from disbelief to sabotage to an act of betrayal whose wreckage spills out over the series and blows back on her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Later that day, Hamas operative Muhammed Issam Hassan al-Habil was traveling in a car through the wreckage of northwest Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Baba stumbled over the wreckage and knelt down beside me.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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