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wrecker

[rek-er] / ˈrɛk ər /




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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

It is fitting that we meet a woman once described as a "wrecker of civilisation" in the grounds of a ruined priory.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2025

The wrecker service owner recalled moving the same crane a few years before and contacted its owner, who denied having given it away.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2022

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

From Washington Times Jan. 27, 2022

Nearby, the Strawberry Mesa Body Shop and Pipe Queen crowd was located, Ruby Archuleta behind the wheel of the wrecker, with Claudio Garcia beside her.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Part of this awareness was bringing these farmers on board to become protectors of the forest rather than wreckers of it.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

Its work led to House Bill 2153, which makes trafficking catalytic converters a Class C felony and requires new licenses and increased record-keeping for scrap-metal dealers and vehicle wreckers.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2024

It included a history of dissent, a listing of several recommended actions and a typology of the protesters known to show up at City Hall: The meeting wreckers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2022

“This was a process that repeated itself continuously through the day, night and next day on Interstate 95 with multiple wreckers and troopers,” Geller said.

From Washington Post Jan. 5, 2022

My mother threw a fit, though, when she heard that—and the home wreckers took cover for a while.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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