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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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In this longer and more structured form, what began as an intentional scattering of ashes becomes an elegiac letter home mediated by shipwreck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The RoW confirmed the shoes had been "legally declared", "as they have the potential to have come from a shipwreck".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

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

As reading declines, fragments of the literary past float to the cultural surface like corpses after a shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Flotsam means the leftover bits and pieces of a shipwreck, while jetsam means items thrown overboard on purpose.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood