wreck
Example Sentences
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Lively's legal team have accused Baldoni and his film studio Wayfarer of leading a "multi-tiered plan" to wreck her reputation, which included social media manipulation and using friendly journalists to further certain narratives.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The Razgrad side only need one more title for a world record, but after 26 games it is Levski who are nine points clear of the perennial winners and on course to wreck that streak.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
However, Malta's transport authority last week said the wreck was still afloat, drifting without a crew between Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 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
He thought of Fa: not Fa as he lay dying in the wreck of their shelter, but Fa as he’d been just before the bear attacked: laughing at the joke Torak had made.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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