sift through rubble
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To examine rubble very carefully in order to separate out what is important.
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- Police sifted through the rubble looking for clues.
- Rescue teams had to sift through tons of rubble in search of survivors.
- After the earthquake, volunteers tirelessly sifted through the rubble for personal belongings.
- They will spend days sifting through the charred rubble to determine the cause of the fire.
- The investigators are still sifting through the rubble at the demolition site.
- It took weeks to sift through all the rubble left by the explosion.
- We must carefully sift through the rubble to find any valuable items.
- Having sifted through the rubble for hours, they finally found the missing documents.
- She watched as workers began to sift through the remains of her home, now just rubble.
- If you sift through this rubble thoroughly, you might discover something important.