wrecker
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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
Two men in coveralls stretched a thick steel cable with a hook from the back of the wrecker down toward the brush at the edge of the river.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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Its work led to House Bill 2153, which makes trafficking catalytic converters a Class C felony and requires new licenses and increased record-keeping for scrap-metal dealers and vehicle wreckers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
It included a history of dissent, a listing of several recommended actions and a typology of the protesters known to show up at City Hall: The meeting wreckers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Their heavy tow trucks, commonly known as "wreckers", can ostensibly help clear the roads, but trucker Doug Rowland says many may be reluctant to get involved for both political and practical reasons.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2022
“This was a process that repeated itself continuously through the day, night and next day on Interstate 95 with multiple wreckers and troopers,” Geller said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
My mother threw a fit, though, when she heard that—and the home wreckers took cover for a while.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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