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wrack

[rak] / ræk /


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Containing extracts of seaweeds such as toothed wrack and sea spaghetti, seaweed-based skincare lines claim anti-photoaging, hydrating and protective, nourishing and skin-plumping effects.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

The team's model was built on a time series of wind, wave, wrack, and beach-width data at five sandy beaches over 11 years.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2024

“I wrack my memory to recall a concert in which music was worse served,” I wrote then.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2021

Every four years, the same few countries wrack up medal after medal - the US, China, Russia - and Tokyo 2020 was no different.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2021

Along the shore of the cove below them windrows of small bones in the wrack.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and family.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2024

Bladder, toothed and spiral wracks often have notably higher antioxidant contents than many other seaweeds.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

If a customer wracks up a bill of more than $50, their bill can be sent to a collection agency — an additional $15 fee on their library account.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2021

The former governor has kept a public profile as the coronavirus crisis wracks health care workers across the country and has resulted in stay-at-home orders and other restrictions for many Americans.

From Fox News Apr. 1, 2020

The remembrance of her imminent departure wracks my old body with grief, but it’s quickly displaced by joy—I am now close enough to hear the music thumping from the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan aimed at stabilising a region wracked by conflict.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Firstly, it is important to note that two countries previously wracked by ruinous civil wars – Iraq and Syria – are now largely peaceful and stable, at least compared to where they were.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The recent software rally has offered some vindication for bulls who stood by their contrarian calls after a brutal selloff wracked the sector earlier this year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

Rowe wracked her brain for something, or someone, who might be able to help her sister.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Any minute she would start to cough, her little body wracked, the bed shaking.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

But it also means millions of Americans are carrying a credit-card balance — with many of them wracking up credit-card debt to buy food, according to a new Urban Institute report.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

In 1972, with enrollment dwindling and poverty and violence wracking the city, the order split and the school shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

"Today was a little bit nerve wracking, especially waiting for what the final say was going to be," Korda said.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

“It’s nerve wracking to watch him — you couldn’t get a better match for the fans, but I hated it,” Sinjin said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2025

Surely the cough was less wracking than it had been.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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