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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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Recently discovered off the coast of Bulgaria was a Greek merchant ship that is estimated to have sunk 2,400 years ago, the oldest known intact shipwreck in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In this longer and more structured form, what began as an intentional scattering of ashes becomes an elegiac letter home mediated by shipwreck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

William Golding wrote his tale partially in response to “The Coral Island,” a Victorian-era potboiler about three boys who survive a shipwreck thanks to their bluff resourcefulness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

She was found near the Maheno shipwreck, which was washed ashore in 1935 and is now a popular tourist landmark.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

They liked to say they were the Swiss Family Robinson minus the shipwreck, or the Partridge Family minus the music.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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