sinking ship
Example Sentences
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Carlson can sense a sinking ship, and he is jumping into a life raft.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
"We're the ones still here. We're standing up. We're shouting for our players. We're backing them 100%. And he's just run off like a rat from a sinking ship."
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
Those lost at sea or aboard a sinking ship have used them as a last-ditch effort to call for help.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
Who buys a ticket to get on a sinking ship?
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
What on earth was so important that Zheng had left with that one thing from a sinking ship?
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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