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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Piscine Molitor Patel, a 16-year-old boy also known as Pi, makes this impassioned declaration to two men struggling to make sense of his account of having survived a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

She was found near the Maheno shipwreck, which was washed ashore in 1935 and is now a popular tourist landmark.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 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

He was talking about the big rusty shipwreck lit up by the green light of the Aurora Borealis.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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