wreck

Example Sentences

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The wreck was discovered on the ocean floor in 1985 by a team led by Dr Robert Ballard.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It said that towing the wreck would be a "complex operation" due to the "large breach along its side".

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Because Noem was a train wreck we couldn’t help but watch, at a moment when the government would prefer we stop looking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Hall, from Washington, near Sunderland, who prosecutors said set out to wreck lives, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Time could not wreck the perfect symmetry of those walls, not the site itself, a jewel in the hollow of a hand.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier