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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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Alfaro, 30, set up shop early Monday at a Baptist church in southeast Oklahoma City, where residents sifted through debris and emergency responders worked to restore power and clear wreckage – even as rounds of thunderstorms barreled across the region.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Steve Ditko buries Spider-Man under tons of unmovable, sci-machinery and wreckage, a weight that seems far above even the wall-crawler’s powers to escape from.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Two hundred and seventeen bodies have been recovered so far from the wreckage left by the flooding, according to the Associated Press.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Dramatic footage from the scene showed rescuers working tirelessly to extract survivors and recover bodies from the wreckage.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Steve Ditko buries Spider-Man under tons of unmovable, sci-machinery and wreckage, a weight that seems far above even the wall-crawler’s powers to escape from.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Two hundred and seventeen bodies have been recovered so far from the wreckage left by the flooding, according to the Associated Press.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Dramatic footage from the scene showed rescuers working tirelessly to extract survivors and recover bodies from the wreckage.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Wreckage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wreckage. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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