wrecker

Example Sentences

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“Maxx remains on track to return during the offseason program and will undoubtedly return as the dominant game wrecker he has been these past seven seasons,” Crosby’s agent, CJ LaBoy, wrote on X.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“We have worked a lot of theft cases over the years, but this one definitely takes first place in the heavyweight category,” Sheriff John Shearon’s office said in a statement, thanking the wrecker service.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Each truck requires its own wrecker and hooking up a wrecker to a truck takes about an hour, assuming the driver is present and co-operating.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022

But the Rams have another potential offense wrecker in LB Leonard Floyd, plus the revitalized Von Miller.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2022

“There was no regret,” observed the Chicago Tribune, “rather a feeling of pleasure that the elements and not the wrecker should wipe out the spectacle of the Columbian season.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson