shipwrecked
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From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
On Friday, Italy's coastguard said it was searching for the survivors of a shipwrecked vessel carrying about 30 people in the search and a rescue area of Malta, some 50 miles southeast of Lampedusa.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
“It’s a song that I’ve always really loved, and the more I listened to it, I was like, there’s this woman who’s being shipwrecked and she’s being born again,” Edebiri says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
When the parties separate once more after their vessel is shipwrecked on a mysterious island, every moment Edwards spends away from Johansson and Bailey is time wasted.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025
“Yes. But, when you were shipwrecked, you sailed from the place in a boat woven mostly of spells, and it didn’t leak water. Was it illusion?”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
