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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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Part of a historic shipwreck has been revealed on a beach in the wake of Storm Chandra.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Piscine Molitor Patel, a 16-year-old boy also known as Pi, makes this impassioned declaration to two men struggling to make sense of his account of having survived a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The ship would, over time, attain legendary status and prompt the widespread belief, on at least three continents, that it was, as Mr. Sancton writes, “the most valuable shipwreck in history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

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

At this point, with the search for sunken vessels still in its infancy, Throckmorton was among the world’s greatest experts in dating the approximate age of a shipwreck.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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