- a variation of rack.
wrack
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Containing extracts of seaweeds such as toothed wrack and sea spaghetti, seaweed-based skincare lines claim anti-photoaging, hydrating and protective, nourishing and skin-plumping effects.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
"Once on the beach, kelp wrack feeds a highly productive community of small invertebrates -- crustaceans and insects -- that are in turn a favorite food of shorebirds," Dugan explained.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
Plus, considering that the FTX fallout helped plunge the crypto market into a recessionary hole it’s yet to climb out of, it’s more than certain these Binance charges will wrack the digital-asset economy even further.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2023
“I wrack my memory to recall a concert in which music was worse served,” I wrote then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Osh had told me many times—so often that it had become like a bedtime story—how he’d found me in an old skiff that had beached itself on the wrack line overnight.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and family.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
The seaweeds with the greatest nutritional value include those often referred to as the "wracks".
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
The former governor has kept a public profile as the coronavirus crisis wracks health care workers across the country and has resulted in stay-at-home orders and other restrictions for many Americans.
From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2020
Pale and trembling, full of righteous rage and bottomless sorrow, she cries out over and over for her child as infection wracks her body.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2016
The remembrance of her imminent departure wracks my old body with grief, but it’s quickly displaced by joy—I am now close enough to hear the music thumping from the big top.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The recent software rally has offered some vindication for bulls who stood by their contrarian calls after a brutal selloff wracked the sector earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Rowe wracked her brain for something, or someone, who might be able to help her sister.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Johnston plays poor Bear as a quivering mess wracked with guilt that this monster — who used to be his friend — is the result of his own terrible decision-making.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the northern US city of Minneapolis on Saturday as part of the national "No Kings" movement, months after it was wracked with protests due to federal immigration raids.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
But she was wracked with convulsion and delusion and horrific visions.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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But it also means millions of Americans are carrying a credit-card balance — with many of them wracking up credit-card debt to buy food, according to a new Urban Institute report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
In 1972, with enrollment dwindling and poverty and violence wracking the city, the order split and the school shut down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
"Today was a little bit nerve wracking, especially waiting for what the final say was going to be," Korda said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“It’s nerve wracking to watch him — you couldn’t get a better match for the fans, but I hated it,” Sinjin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025
Camel coughs wetly, the effort wracking his body.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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