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When Kent fast bowler Martin McCague, raised in Western Australia, played for England in the early 1990s the Aussie media called him "the rat that joined the sinking ship".

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

Those lost at sea or aboard a sinking ship have used them as a last-ditch effort to call for help.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Who buys a ticket to get on a sinking ship?

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

But it’d be like rearranging your deck chair on a sinking ship that’s already asked you to leave.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

He’d gotten George off the sinking ship, and across the icy waters.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis




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