rubble
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The firefighter also asks him to don goggles to protect his eyes as rescuers continue to carefully dig away at the rubble surrounding him.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Rescuers learned on Sunday there was a man alive in the rubble of the partially destroyed building.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
Despite being buried under nine-metre-deep, highly unstable rubble, rescuers say that Gil, who is in his 40s, is "in good spirits" and cheering them on.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
In Spain, Broli Rumbos found out that one of his friends had spent hours searching for his family in the rubble of a building in La Guaira.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
He asked workers to go back out onto the grounds and clear away the highly radioactive rubble that surrounded Reactor 2.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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