wreck
Example Sentences
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Collet walked away from the wreck, but the race came to a halt with a 10-minute delay and eight laps remaining.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Instead, the so-called autopsy was a shambolic train wreck of missing paragraphs, factual errors, and apparent plagiarism.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
A scenario where the crucial Persian Gulf waterway remains mostly closed through the end of August would further deplete global Brent crude supplies and increase the odds of a “2008 train wreck scenario.”
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The challenge is that this is the train wreck you can see coming.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
"You're looking at someone who survived a train wreck."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing wreck
"Return to Titanic" and "Talking with Robert Ballard"
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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