wreck
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Air pollution, wildfire smoke, industrial disasters like the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and extended pollen seasons are all reasons why people are increasingly concerned with making their indoor environments actually breathable.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Crystal Palace, on the other hand, is "a complete wreck now - it's falling apart," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“This was a train wreck waiting to happen,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a former Israeli military-intelligence official and a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, a think tank in Tel Aviv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, the experts in Europe are still a nervous wreck.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 1959, Aras took Throckmorton to the site of the Gelidonya wreck.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The episode is believed to be one of the largest seabird wrecks in recent European history.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
For investors, it’s worth checking whether there might be some value in the wrecks and being wary of those sailing close to the wind.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
For proof of the formula’s resilience, look no further than the success of VH1’s “Behind the Music” series, which plumbed the depths of dozens of rock ’n’ roll train wrecks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Train wrecks are going to be companies that are overfunded, spend at a very rapid rate and have little product differentiation in a market which can lose leadership in 12 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
It was like being back on one of the ship-breaking wrecks.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The brutal heat and intense working conditions inside the kitchen and the front area of the business come after a thief wrecked the rooftop air conditioning unit in search of copper wiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Primarily affecting children, polio wrecked havoc in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, killing and maiming scores of children.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The wrecked Maginot is owned by Weyland-Yutani, the same group that operates the tug hauler Nostromo on which “Alien” unfolds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
That episode boosted cocoa prices after fierce dry winds in key producers Ghana and Ivory Coast wrecked the crop, pushing up chocolate prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
What if he messed up and wrecked Bobby’s plane?
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
Done carefully, you can align your money with your beliefs without obviously wrecking your retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
Rather, he yelled at them in a private meeting, complaining that by threatening to stop the war, they were wrecking his bargaining power in the ongoing peace talks.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
But when injuries decimated their roster before the playoffs, James turned back into a wrecking ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The contenders were a departure from the usual lineup at the event, known for wheeled machines equipped with wrecking tools.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
Seeing so much further into the future than he did, she pressed towards it with passionate tread, wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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