Elizabeth Wurtzel

I had a really hard time after 9/11. I was basically living across the street from the World Trade Center, and a big chunk of debris fell on top of my building, and the roof caved in. I thought I was going to die. Really. I'd never thought that before, but on that day I sat there and thought 'I cannot believe it's going to end this way.

American Writer

Ashraf Ghani

Organizations are accumulations of historical debris. They are not consciously thought. So when you ask the Education Ministry 'What's your core function and who's your client?' they laugh at you. When I say that the client is the Afghan child - and the Ministry is an instrument, not the goal - it's greeted with shock. It's a new idea.

Afghani Politician

Alfonso Cuaron

In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity.

Mexican Director

Bo Gritz

During the mission, Walter Jones, a team member was given a package containing bone fragments by a Lao. The source said they were from a crash site. He presented photographs showing himself in company with others digging around obvious aircraft debris.

American Soldier

Barbara Kingsolver

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!

American Novelist

Andy Goldsworthy

Stones are checked every so often to see if any have split or at worst exploded. An explosion can leave debris in the elements so the firing has to be abandoned.

British Artist

Oliver Stone

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

American Director

Anselm Kiefer

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas. They are symbols of a beginning.

German Artist

Denny Hamlin

I think there's always debris around the track, without a doubt you can call anything debris.

American Driver

Svetlana Alexievich

For me, people are like the black boxes found in the debris of airplane crashes.

Belarusian Journalist

Used to describe messy leftovers from destructive events, often involving community cleanup.

Disaster Aftermath

When 'debris' is mentioned, it often suggests that the scattered pieces are hindering movement or activity.

Obstruction Implied

Highlights the destructive origin of the debris, conveying a sense of loss or damage.

Destruction Evident

May evoke a strong historical context, especially when referring to ruins of ancient buildings or cities.

Historical Significance

Emphasizes that debris can be a natural phenomenon without human causation.

Natural Occurrence

Can indicate concern for the environment, especially when the debris affects wildlife or natural beauty.

Environmental Impact

Refers to a growing concern for objects orbiting Earth that pose danger to satellites and missions.

Space Safety

Stresses that space debris may not be seen but are tracked due to potential risks to space operations.

Not Always Visible

 Roughly a month and a half after having been laid, the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs,

The Survival of the Sea...

 Here the ocean's currents have trapped millions of pieces of plastic debris. This is one of five plastic-filled gyres in the world's seas. Places where the pollutants turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get entangled in the mess.

What really happens to...

 that cover her and keep dirt and debris away. Right next to Iris is the mucus layer, which keeps the whole thing fastened to her. On top of it is the aqueous layer, which keeps Iris hydrated, repels invasive bacteria, and protects her skin, or cornea, from damage.

Why do we cry? The three...

 Synovial fluid is more or less the texture of egg yolk and its primary purpose is to cushion the bones and help them glide past each other. It also contains phagocytic cells that help clean up any bone or cartilage debris that ends up in the joint.

Why do your knuckles...

 These vary depending on the specific characteristics of the fracking site, but usually fall into three acids for clearing debris and dissolving minerals, friction-reducing compounds to create a slippery form of water known as slickwater,

How does fracking work?...

 bunch of men and women clad in identical great t-shirts emblazoned with the words Rubicon they came there to help residents comb through the debris for their possessions and their keepsakes then haul away what couldn't be salvaged

Lessons we can learn...

 complete long bristles act as an energy saver for the plant as these stop passing debris from triggering the trap despite being found in europe asia africa and australia water wheel plants are now endangered and rare in the

The Fastest Carnivorous...

 the suffering of others. I was entering a world of people just like me, people stumbling around in the debris of dreams they thought they were entitled to and plans they didn't realize they had made.

"Everything happens for...

 Once navigators neared their destination, other clues, such as the flight patterns of birds, floating debris or vegetation, and types of fish in the area helped determine the proximity of land.

How did Polynesian...

 impossible every orbital launch generates rocket parts as debris as mine once did some pieces remain orbiting forever some burn

Debris

Scattered pieces of waste or remains.

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The remains of something broken down or destroyed.

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Natural materials (such as rocks or water) broken down by weathering.

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Pieces of a spacecraft that have fallen to earth or are floating in space.

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Disaster Aftermath

Obstruction Implied

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