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At the longest timescales, kelp forest biomass and beach width were the biggest drivers of kelp wrack on the beaches.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024

From there, he had to "wrack his brain for what to do" because the music on this new album was so different from the band's "Love Me Do" days.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

“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

The tide brought more to us, littering the wrack line with chunks of it that we gathered like shell seekers who knew too much about frostbite.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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

Add to your diet, in moderation, by exploring seaweed recipes and by sprinkling dried, ground seaweed mixtures featuring dulse, wakame, sea spaghetti and wracks into smoothies, over salads and even on pizza.

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

The smell of burning reached central Madrid early Saturday, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was set to visit the zone wracked by what officials have called the surrounding region's worst fire on record.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 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

Florence, wracked by dissent and besieged by the Holy Roman Empire, remained in ferment until the Medicis consolidated power in 1530 into what became the Duchy of Florence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

While Vesia’s statement was wracked with sorrow, it was also filled with gratitude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

"Little cat," he murmured in a voice thin and wispy and wracked by pain.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

Then there is the biggest challenge: contending with the strains now wracking the trans-Atlantic alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 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