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Also unearthed were fireplaces containing evidence of the burning of toothed wrack seaweed to form soda ash.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Containing extracts of seaweeds such as toothed wrack and sea spaghetti, seaweed-based skincare lines claim anti-photoaging, hydrating and protective, nourishing and skin-plumping effects.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

The abundance of predatory shorebirds, like sandpipers and plovers, lagged behind the deposition of wrack on beaches.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024

These are things that like really wrack the minds of a lot of creatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

The tide brought more to us, littering the wrack line with chunks of it that we gathered like shell seekers who knew too much about frostbite.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and family.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024

The seaweeds with the greatest nutritional value include those often referred to as the "wracks".

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

To offset the loss of work, he scrambles to pick up classes at other colleges or universities, or wracks up credit card debt for basic expenses such as rent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

The former governor has kept a public profile as the coronavirus crisis wracks health care workers across the country and has resulted in stay-at-home orders and other restrictions for many Americans.

From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2020

The remembrance of her imminent departure wracks my old body with grief, but it’s quickly displaced by joy—I am now close enough to hear the music thumping from the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Culiacán to demand an end to the violence that has wracked the north Mexico city.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In the chapter titled “Cerium,” Levi describes how, wracked with hunger, he stole iron-cerium rods to make flints for cigarette lighters so that he could exchange them for bread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The smell of burning reached central Madrid early Saturday, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was set to visit the zone wracked by what officials have called the surrounding region's worst fire on record.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

In 1990, Congress authorized this emergency humanitarian relief for non-citizens whose home countries were wracked by armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary disruptions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

He wished he could enjoy the moment, but he was too wracked with worry, guilt, and exhaustion to care.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

But it also means millions of Americans are carrying a credit-card balance — with many of them wracking up credit-card debt to buy food, according to a new Urban Institute report.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

In 1972, with enrollment dwindling and poverty and violence wracking the city, the order split and the school shut down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

"Today was a little bit nerve wracking, especially waiting for what the final say was going to be," Korda said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

“It’s nerve wracking to watch him — you couldn’t get a better match for the fans, but I hated it,” Sinjin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

Surely the cough was less wracking than it had been.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson