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
Firefighters were trying to extinguish the blazes in the still-smoldering rubble, while rescue workers laboured to pull victims from the debris and bulldozers tried to clear a path.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Inmates dug through rubble to excavate their own jailers, said relatives of current prisoners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
As the mice conversed, the moles hurled the last of the rubble from the ramparts, then set about brushing the stones clean.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing rubble
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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