wrecker

Example Sentences

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“Maxx remains on track to return during the offseason program and will undoubtedly return as the dominant game wrecker he has been these past seven seasons,” Crosby’s agent, CJ LaBoy, wrote on X.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It is fitting that we meet a woman once described as a "wrecker of civilisation" in the grounds of a ruined priory.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

The explosive game wrecker who was a no-brainer selection at No. 2 overall in 2020.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2023

“We have worked a lot of theft cases over the years, but this one definitely takes first place in the heavyweight category,” Sheriff John Shearon’s office said in a statement, thanking the wrecker service.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022

“There was no regret,” observed the Chicago Tribune, “rather a feeling of pleasure that the elements and not the wrecker should wipe out the spectacle of the Columbian season.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson