wreck
Example Sentences
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“While there were crises before that — the tech wreck, the Asian crisis, the early 1990s recession — they now seem more frequent and less related to traditional economic cycles,” says Oliver.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The Razgrad side only need one more title for a world record, but after 26 games it is Levski who are nine points clear of the perennial winners and on course to wreck that streak.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Authorities in Malta and Italy have been monitoring the passage of the wreck, amid pollution fears.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Because Noem was a train wreck we couldn’t help but watch, at a moment when the government would prefer we stop looking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
I was a wreck by the time I got there: 330 miles, two days, standing in the truck with the cows going to the bathroom on my shoes, on my clothes.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Vocabulary lists containing wreck
"Return to Titanic" and "Talking with Robert Ballard"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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