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Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

Juric may have inherited a sinking ship but he never looked like he would steer them to safety.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Who buys a ticket to get on a sinking ship?

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

Were that not sufficiently beyond the pale, their client then took the helm of the sinking ship and plunged it farther into the rocks by repeating the same lies directly to the judge.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024

Her chest fills with anxiety, same as a sinking ship fills with water—it rushes in and then rises slowly.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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