shipwreck
Example Sentences
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The ship would, over time, attain legendary status and prompt the widespread belief, on at least three continents, that it was, as Mr. Sancton writes, “the most valuable shipwreck in history.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, nonfiction authors contemplate a Spanish shipwreck, a racially motivated murder, the origins of great ideas and how laughter can change our lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
Author and mudlarker Lara Maiklem said the boots were "definitely Victorian" and likely to have come from a shipwreck due to the quantity found.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
He added that Guinean authorities had helped families of shipwreck victims that they know about, often the few that gain media attention.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Three weeks she’d traveled with Matthias after the shipwreck.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
