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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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She told me she bought it weeks before at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

By nightfall the ships were battered by a storm, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society said in a statement.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

The boat was sold in 1879 after being rendered unfit to carry grain, per the Shipwreck World release, which did not say who the boat’s final owners were.

From Washington Times • Sep. 2, 2023

In “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,” he has found not just a good but a great story, fraught with duplicity, terror and occasional heroism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2023

Without stopping to catch his breath, Duane leaped into what was left of the Cold, Cold Ocean and paddled toward the Shipwreck.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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