detritus
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People in Caracas and the hard-hit state of La Guaira further north have resorted to using their hands to dig through the detritus for survivors and victims, in the absence of official support.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Purifoy’s fantastical assemblages made of found objects and unloved detritus provided the most fitting example of the creative desert mindset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
It was still full of stranded belongings and furniture and detritus, but there were no neighbors there anymore.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Not because people here aren't slobs—I’m sure a lot of them are—but they’re so obsessively worried about their property values that they’d rather die than allow the detritus of civilization to sully their curb appeal.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Lord of the Flies
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Just Mercy
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