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debris

[duh-bree, dey-bree, deb-ree] / dəˈbri, ˈdeɪ bri, ˈdɛb ri /


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Earlier Starship vehicles exploded and scattered debris across the Caribbean last year, including on Turks and Caicos.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

It flooded multiple times, suffered fires, and was repeatedly entered by people, all of which moved debris and complicated the archaeological record.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

A police pursuit early Wednesday through Los Angeles ended in dramatic fashion when the fleeing vehicle smashed into a row of parked cars, injuring the driver and scattering glass and debris across the road.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake caused cracks in walls and sent debris falling in Granada on Tuesday, lightly injuring three people, officials said, days after a slightly stronger quake hit the southern Spanish city.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

They circled and circled, creating a whirlwind, a dirt devil of debris and dark moldy hay that swirled all the way up to the ceiling.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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