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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

And in an age when many steamboats, cheaply built and poorly maintained, did, in the words of one contemporary, “a wholesale business in human slaughter,” Vanderbilt never lost a ship to fire, explosion or shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Curtis, a travel content creator, said he was exploring the coastal path when a friend mentioned a nearby shipwreck.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

She felt lost then, casting about, like a shipwreck survivor, no shore in sight, only miles and miles of water.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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