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wreck

[rek] / rɛk /




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SpaceX’s results and a surprise update from the AI server maker Super Micro have helped to restore some enthusiasm to the artificial-intelligence trade on Wall Street after last week’s tech wreck.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The wreck and its cargo are also shedding light on trade in the ancient world.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Coissac said he had spoken to one survivor of the wreck who came from the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where rebels are battling the federal government in a recent flare-up of violence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

While Linton has not been diagnosed with an underlying seizure disorder, such as epilepsy, defense attorney Jovan Blacknell said Linton suffered intermittent seizures during her life, including at the time of the wreck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“It’s easier than you think to wreck a family,” I said.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Those wartime losses helped leave the North Sea seabed scattered with wrecks, many of which remain there today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

It struck musicians and illustrators, YouTubers and Instagrammers, self-proclaimed anxious wrecks and the freest of spirits.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

“I love my sisters so much that the idea that something could happen to them — it wrecks me,” Haim says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Readers will find engrossing case studies of well-known disasters such as the Titanic and the USS Indianapolis, as well as sections on bygone Viking wrecks and the mysterious “ghost ships” of seafaring lore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

“Chavez is greedy. If she can take us as a prize, she’ll call us pirate. If she wrecks us, tangles us, and sinks us, she doesn’t get the money.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

I also don’t want my sister to feel that caring for mom has wrecked her finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The city's electricity network said its infrastructure is being wrecked.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

A Welsh artist calling himself Joseffson added a wooden frame to one of the wrecked meters, turning it into an art piece titled “Democracy Manifest, 2026.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

If its reigning dynasty is wrecked by loose bodies or a needle stuck in a left knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the mirror, there is her once-lovely face, looking gaunt and wrecked.

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

His comments on the sidelines of G20 talks come as Russian and Ukrainian strikes targeting Black Sea ports have been wrecking and idling agricultural export capacity more quickly than trade flows can recover.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Unofficially, it feels like getting hit with a leather-upholstered wrecking ball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Haughty, hectoring and pleased with herself, she is single-handedly wrecking her hen-pecked husband Gavin’s lofty political ambitions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Done carefully, you can align your money with your beliefs without obviously wrecking your retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

I thought it would come pretty close to wrecking me to stand at the front window and watch them—two of them this time—walk out with their things in their arms.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez


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