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wreckage

[rek-ij] / ˈrɛk ɪdʒ /
NOUN
remains
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NOUN
ruins
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Makan’s casket, however, is empty — a symbolic burial for a child whose body was never recovered from the wreckage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Former volunteer manager Simon Taverner told us "it didn't feel right" that Joell-Deshields "emerged from the wreckage of mass resignations to be the last person standing".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Like a traffic jam, even a small blockage in a single sea lane can snarl backward long after the wreckage clears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s pugnacious parliament speaker, continued his now-daily trolling of the Trump administration, posting a picture depicting the smoking wreckage of what appeared to be two planes and two helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Then she walks past me, walks back along the drag marks, walks to the door I saw open in the side of the wreckage, climbs up, and disappears inside.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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