Sentences with phrase «pile of rubble by»

The rocky body — the largest yet to get a close flyby — seems to have been just large enough to avoid being reduced to a flying pile of rubble by eons of collisions with other asteroids.

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Left all alone on this mysterious day, the «ghost train rumbled by» and the leaning chimney collapsed, burying Becky under a pile of rubble.

Though the footage consists of jittery, often disconnected fragments, many of these images leave a haunting impression: a child's doll abandoned in a pile of rubble, a tank exploding in a plume of smoke, a dead boy felled by a sniper's bullet.

The claustrophobia of being at war in such confined spaces is amplified by the danger of imminent discovery by Germans tunnelling in the opposite direction, or from collapse and suffocation under piles of dirt and rubble.

Supplies are limited, so you must begin by clearing out piles of rubble and searching the rooms for medical supplies, food or other parts and pieces to use in making beds, a water collection system, a place to cook your meals or weapons.

The theme resonates in earthworks by Robert Smithson, who preferred the term entropy to chaos, and the show has one of his piles of rubble interrupted by mirrors.

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama said, «Greensburg... is being rebuilt by its residents as a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community — how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay.