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wrecking

[rek-ing] / ˈrɛk ɪŋ /


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His doctor saw nothing against it�for these were the days when many medical men were playing fast and loose with radium preparations, knowing and recking nothing of the dangers.*

From Time Magazine Archive

The folk of that fanciful world attend quietly to their household duties, recking little of the envious eyes upon them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Each province lived in selfish isolation, recking little of its neighbor's woes.

From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Parkman, Francis

How often do we meet new faces, little recking their relation to coming years!

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.




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