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Workers sifted through the wreckage of the building, searching for bodies.
They cleared the wreckage from the track.
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Three people were killed in the crash; a fourth was pulled from the wreckage by a person who had left the same event as those in the Cybertruck and was driving behind them when the crash occurred.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
Scientists have been interested in Stephan’s Quintet since its discovery in 1877, because, among other reasons, many of its galaxies repeatedly come close to knocking into each other, and it’s composed of the wreckage left behind from past astronomical collisions.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
According to initial data, firefighters rescued three victims from the wreckage of the plane and extracted one dead person.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
The metal flower served as the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial honoring those who died in the terrorist attack, with the rose rising from pieces of twisted steel taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024
Scientists have been interested in Stephan’s Quintet since its discovery in 1877, because, among other reasons, many of its galaxies repeatedly come close to knocking into each other, and it’s composed of the wreckage left behind from past astronomical collisions.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
According to initial data, firefighters rescued three victims from the wreckage of the plane and extracted one dead person.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
The metal flower served as the centerpiece of a 9/11 memorial honoring those who died in the terrorist attack, with the rose rising from pieces of twisted steel taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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wreckage
noun
wreck·age
ˈrek-ij 
1
a
: the act of wrecking
b
: the state of being wrecked
2
: the remains of a wreck
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