sift through rubble

Frequency: 7.45.8 per million words

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.