wreck
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Italy's Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli hailed the wreck as "one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In 1946, Navy divers used explosives to break open the wreck in an attempt to recover remains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
They left behind four cars, one of them a burnt-out wreck.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Air pollution, wildfire smoke, industrial disasters like the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and extended pollen seasons are all reasons why people are increasingly concerned with making their indoor environments actually breathable.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
If the mountain blew up, it was going to do a lot more than just wreck instruments.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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“I love my sisters so much that the idea that something could happen to them — it wrecks me,” Haim says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Protected wrecks have legal protection, meaning that any disturbance or interference is only permitted under an official licence.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
For investors, it’s worth checking whether there might be some value in the wrecks and being wary of those sailing close to the wind.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
"It's been horrific and my family and I are emotional wrecks," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
Of the six deaths that occurred in wrecks the year before in the county, one was attributable to a teen driver.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Sniffer dogs in Japan helped rescuers Friday make a final sweep of a shopping mall wrecked by an explosion after a big earthquake, as the death toll from the tremor three days earlier hit 35.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
With a voice at times bitter, befuddled and bemused at his own wrecked life, Busby emerges as a self-aware, sympathetic survivor who knew his best work came at the beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
If its reigning dynasty is wrecked by loose bodies or a needle stuck in a left knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
England's rugby players have switched hotels in Buenos Aires to avoid their return home being wrecked by World Cup celebrations should Argentina's football team beat Spain in Sunday's final.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Over the next few days, the men made several trips back to Dump Camp and the wrecked ship to salvage everything they could, including the third lifeboat.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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“Haughty, hectoring and pleased with herself, she is single-handedly wrecking her hen-pecked husband Gavin’s lofty political ambitions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Rather, he yelled at them in a private meeting, complaining that by threatening to stop the war, they were wrecking his bargaining power in the ongoing peace talks.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
He recalls wrecking his back while taking about 19 plane flights over the course of three weeks.
From MarketWatch ● May 25, 2026
His most important task was to oversee the transformation of basketball’s best young prospect into an all-out wrecking ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Eventually he stopped wrecking my words, instead watching me with a very serious expression as I placed them.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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