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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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Singh — and others like him — are now grappling with how to live and work amid the wreckage.
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Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The area was so inaccessible by air and ground that the plane’s wreckage wasn’t discovered until 1999, 51 years later, thanks in part to the efforts of private searchers.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
There many of them lay, some buried in the wreckage, until rescued by first responders.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
The string of arrests come as authorities continue to investigate the causes of the larger wildfires, combing the wreckage for clues.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The area was so inaccessible by air and ground that the plane’s wreckage wasn’t discovered until 1999, 51 years later, thanks in part to the efforts of private searchers.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
There many of them lay, some buried in the wreckage, until rescued by first responders.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
The string of arrests come as authorities continue to investigate the causes of the larger wildfires, combing the wreckage for clues.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 29 Jan. 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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