wreck
Example Sentences
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Walker makes a magnificent wreck, though she is brilliant in every mood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Instead, the so-called autopsy was a shambolic train wreck of missing paragraphs, factual errors, and apparent plagiarism.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
A scenario where the crucial Persian Gulf waterway remains mostly closed through the end of August would further deplete global Brent crude supplies and increase the odds of a “2008 train wreck scenario.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
But echoes of the tech wreck are getting hard to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
I circled the wreck twice before I spied Dad’s hunched silhouette on a hillock in the distance.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing wreck
"Return to Titanic" and "Talking with Robert Ballard"
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Commonly Confused Words, List 3
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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