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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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Meanwhile, nonfiction authors contemplate a Spanish shipwreck, a racially motivated murder, the origins of great ideas and how laughter can change our lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

He added that Guinean authorities had helped families of shipwreck victims that they know about, often the few that gain media attention.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

A mysterious shipwreck, a colourful cathedral and a "birthplace of the communication age" are among the remarkable places in England that have been granted special protection this year.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

As reading declines, fragments of the literary past float to the cultural surface like corpses after a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“This,” he would later state, “was a shipwreck of a period never before investigated, the time of the beginning of the Byzantine Empire.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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