jetsam
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When this extraterrestrial jetsam occasionally plunges through the atmosphere, it poses a risk to life, infrastructure and the environment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Nearly a year and a half after the full-scale Russian invasion, the war remains a supply line of sorts for Reva, a never-ending tide tossing up new flotsam and jetsam.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
Slowly, to the sound of gently undulating waves, the bodies begin to roll from side to side, like jetsam washing onshore.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
The combined conditions of life as a black-market capitalist and life as 30-something jetsam circling a debt whirlpool keep Emily rotating through states of sober agency and abject alarm.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022
Flotsam means the leftover bits and pieces of a shipwreck, while jetsam means items thrown overboard on purpose.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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