hulk

At an estimated cost of $3.8 billion, it will replace the rusting, abandoned hulk that sits at the east end of East Capitol Street, fronting the Anacostia River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

This hulk of metal, a deepwater platform called Appomattox and owned by Shell, collects the oil and gas that rigs tap from reservoirs thousands of feet below the seafloor.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2024

The makeshift Philippine naval base there is built up around the grounded, rusting hulk of the World War II-era ship, the Sierra Madre.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

But today, the experience of the diminutive women who likely died at the hands of Heuermann, a towering hulk of a man, is central in the minds of many who are reporting on his case.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

In the twilight Roy and Beatrice crept along, darting from one rusted hulk to the next.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

In Josephson’s phrase he “roved through the West eyeing the ruined hulks of transcontinental railroads,” scooping up the “rich debris.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

With his slight frame and diminutive stature, Burrow always stood out among the hulks of the modern rugby league game, from his junior days right through to the elite.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024

Acapulco’s glitziest hotels and condominiums are mostly windowless hulks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

Gas Works represents a breathtaking example of urban renewal: the decaying industrial hulks at the park’s center once served as a coal and oil gasification plant that helped power Seattle from 1906 to 1956.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

Through black smoke and swirling green fire, Davos glimpsed a swarm of small, boats bearing downriver: a confusion of ferries and wherries, barges, skiffs, rowboats, and hulks that looked too rotten to float.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin