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[rek] / rɛk /




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Apple reports earnings today after emerging relatively unscathed from last week’s tech wreck.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

There’s little left of the ship itself but based on clues from its cargo – including pottery vessels – a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 BCE.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The wreck remains subject to continuous monitoring and control via the exclusion zone in place.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Coissac said he had spoken to one survivor of the wreck who came from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where rebels are battling the federal government in a recent flare-up of violence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

But what he saw lying on the seabed next to the wreck plunged him into his present state.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The man who did so much to associate the country with the red paint and horsepower explicitly avoided hiring his own countrymen after too many of them died in fiery wrecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

While maritime archaeology is a relatively recent phenomenon, some of the world’s most famous wrecks have been discovered there.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-proclaimed anxious wrecks and the freest of spirits.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Mediterranean seabed is thought to be scattered with similar ancient wrecks.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

But the multiple-vehicle wrecks tended to happen during the day, which stood to reason, given that there are more cars on the road at that time.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

I also don’t want my sister to feel that caring for mom has wrecked her finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

“The Dog Stars” takes place in a wrecked, deserted 2035, after a viral plague has killed almost everybody on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

The art school previously insisted it was committed to a faithful reinstatement of the building, which was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh but wrecked by two fires in 2014 and 2018.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“You could put this on a postcard. ‘Getting wrecked by a polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Of course, “The Eric André Show,” a parody of late-night talk series, always begins with its eponymous host wrecking his set in the most chaotic manner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

His comments on the sidelines of G20 talks come as Russian and Ukrainian strikes targeting Black Sea ports have been wrecking and idling agricultural export capacity more quickly than trade flows can recover.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Whether he takes a wrecking ball to it or lets it stagnate, the Kennedy Center threatens to become his latest victim.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Donald spent 10 seasons with the franchise and won a Super Bowl as the human wrecking ball on the inside of its defensive line until he called it quits two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“I had a dream that was us and somebody drove up with one of those giant crane magnets from the car wrecking yards.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman


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