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

He, a poor shipwrecked man, had equal honor with her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton