wreck

Example Sentences

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However, Malta's transport authority last week said the wreck was still afloat, drifting without a crew between Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Because Noem was a train wreck we couldn’t help but watch, at a moment when the government would prefer we stop looking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

"The last time we saw a wreck on this scale was 2014," Wrobel added, "and after the impact of avian flu this is the last thing our seabirds need".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Ohtani is not pitching, but Yamamoto is, and he doesn’t need to wreck his arm.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

"Car number four cost eighty-six pounds—a real wreck that was—and sold for six hundred and ninety-nine pounds fifty."

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl