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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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The analysis comes about a week after the NTSB, along with the Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, lifted much of the Black Hawk and other large portions of wreckage from the river.
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Pete Muntean, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The Coast Guard deployed two vessels to safeguard the Growler wreckage in the San Diego Harbor, Sappey said.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Some investigators will remain at the accident scene to continue to document the wreckage.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Vast swathes of the country remain uninhabitable because of the wreckage of the war, with entire neighborhoods in major cities such as Aleppo, Damascus, and Raqqa still lying in ruins and villages flattened.
—Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
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Pete Muntean, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
The Coast Guard deployed two vessels to safeguard the Growler wreckage in the San Diego Harbor, Sappey said.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Some investigators will remain at the accident scene to continue to document the wreckage.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Vast swathes of the country remain uninhabitable because of the wreckage of the war, with entire neighborhoods in major cities such as Aleppo, Damascus, and Raqqa still lying in ruins and villages flattened.
—Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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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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