debris

Example Sentences

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In this scenario, debris from collisions accumulates around Earth, making it nearly impossible to launch spacecraft without them being destroyed.

From Science Daily

She was also attached to a medley of debris — clothes, algae, plastic.

From Los Angeles Times

I bring the book on whales plus my trash-picking supplies, since even in the darkness I noticed there was some debris on the beach.

From Literature

“And then we have wildfires, and when that happens, often we can have debris flows coming down these mountainsides.”

From Los Angeles Times

The train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed, and collided with a bridge parapet.

From BBC