wreckage
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Its mangled wreckage was recovered in 2001 with the craft handed to Coniston's Ruskin Museum two years ago following the settlement of an ownership row with Bill Smith, the engineer who led its rebuild.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
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
The visionary Montezemolo saw immense potential lying in the wreckage of Ferrari’s road-car business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
They looked like sharks as they cruised around the burning wreckage, silent and unseen.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing wreckage
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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Compound Fracture
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