rubble
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The houses all around have been left as rubble.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
After a further five weeks of war, today Iran maintains its stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium which is thought to be contained in gas cylinders under rubble.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Firefighters were trying to extinguish the blazes in the still-smoldering rubble, while rescue workers laboured to pull victims from the debris and bulldozers tried to clear a path.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Any effort by Iran to recover highly enriched uranium—what Trump calls “nuclear dust”—buried under rubble after strikes on three nuclear sites last June could take months, Trump said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Finally, rubble and tools were loaded into the trucks, and the robots fell in line.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing rubble
"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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