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Recent Examples of jetsamFull of the flotsam and jetsam of everyday affairs.—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 July 2024 Luke called the vultures back and reshot the scene with the jetsam of pestilence.—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 For Kevin Nunez and his son Nathan, Native Americans who have long family history locked within the rugged and geologically active mountains, volunteering to help remove the flotsam and jetsam of tourists is a solemn duty.—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023 So flotsam or jetsam?—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for jetsam
As early as the 1620s, the Dutch and English settlers who established farming and fishing communities came into conflict with the remnants of Algonquian-speaking peoples.
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One of his sons found the remnants of his blood in the street.
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