rubble
Example Sentences
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Since being bombed to rubble in World War II, the city has reinvented itself as one of Europe’s most experimental urban laboratories, with starchitect-designed towers and cultural districts built on former docklands.
On Tuesday, video footage showed first responders from the Civil Defence recovering the body of a man from the rubble of a building in Shati refugee camp, north-west of Gaza City.
From BBC
They, along with the rest of my belongings and my Altadena home, were reduced to rubble in the catastrophic Eaton fire in January.
From Los Angeles Times
But several searches of Gaza's rubble have so far shown no sign of him.
From BBC
“They brought in two cadaver dogs looking to see if anyone was still trapped under the rubble, and the dogs cleared everything,” Hurd said.
From Los Angeles Times
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