shipwreck
Example Sentences
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They carried the shipwrecked crew through the ocean toward a city that rose in yellow stone out of the water of a lagoon.
From Literature
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The RoW confirmed the shoes had been "legally declared", "as they have the potential to have come from a shipwreck".
From BBC
He was talking about the big rusty shipwreck lit up by the green light of the Aurora Borealis.
From Literature
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Ninety-six people have been rescued so far and a search is continuing for other passengers who were aboard the shipwrecked vessel that was heading towards Spain's Canary Islands.
From BBC
Homer’s “The Odyssey” follows Odysseus, a Greek king trying to get home after the Trojan War, a journey interrupted by Cyclopes, sirens, shipwrecks and gods with grudges.
From Los Angeles Times
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