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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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Thoreau’s account begins not on the Cape, but during his rail journey from Boston, when he joins a band of mourners and gawkers to survey a shipwreck in the town of Cohasset.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The party aimed for Ternate, an island in Indonesia, 800 miles from their shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The RoW confirmed the shoes had been "legally declared", "as they have the potential to have come from a shipwreck".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 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

I wondered if it would be too dramatic to bend down to kiss the grass like a sailor kisses the shore after surviving a shipwreck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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