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wrecking

[rek-ing] / ˈrɛk ɪŋ /


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They’ll be digging into why money stress is wrecking your life — and how to fix it.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

But when injuries decimated their roster before the playoffs, James turned back into a wrecking ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Once upon a time in California, I went to the Orange County fairgrounds to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger give the signal for a wrecking ball to drop onto a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He took a roster of overlooked and undersized misfits and molded them into a wrecking machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

He marches back to Persia with an army and a wife, and smacks Chobin so hard for wrecking everything that Chobin flees to Fergana, which is like saying he runs away to Mars.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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