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
While the garden is rooted in local culture, built bit by bit from the flotsam and jetsam of Los Angeles locations and plants native to the ecology, the programming is more global in approach.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
Even though Polk was severely injured, Faulkingham said, he was safe and felt God was watching as flotsam and jetsam from his boat was pushed ashore.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
"They're looking for flotsam and jetsam, they're looking for coins. Not many of them are looking for bits of Mars like I am."
From BBC • May 31, 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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