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wreck

[rek] / rɛk /




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Apple reports earnings today after emerging relatively unscathed from last week’s tech wreck.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

There’s little left of the ship itself but based on clues from its cargo – including pottery vessels – a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 BCE.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

However, it said the Norwich City wreck may lend credence to the researchers' theory.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Based on what came before, it should have been clear that the latest monologue, which was shorter and less crafted than the previous ones, was going to be another train wreck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

What was equally amazing was the condition of the wreck.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The man who did so much to associate the country with the red paint and horsepower explicitly avoided hiring his own countrymen after too many of them died in fiery wrecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The findings suggest that authorities may eventually need to take more direct action to address pollution from certain wrecks.

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

The Mediterranean seabed is thought to be scattered with similar ancient wrecks.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Rindlsbacher, through years of experience, knew that sometimes there were accidents, but more often, there were wrecks.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Turturro wrecked us playing the grieving Irv on Apple TV’s trippy drama “Severance,” and when Irv disappeared in Season 2, fans worried we might have seen the last of him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

In dusty streets teeming with men in camouflage and scattered with wrecked military vehicles she scours for scenes of normality to post on the city social media pages.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 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

Miss Sarah—in between worried glances at Miss Rose, who was now being carried on a stretcher—told us that the iron monsters had wrecked the Thicket, and the Drowned Forest was a stinking, swampy mess.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

Whether he takes a wrecking ball to it or lets it stagnate, the Kennedy Center threatens to become his latest victim.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

One rule of thumb in investing is that the older one gets, the more conservative the investment portfolio should be in order to prevent stock-market volatility from wrecking retirement plans.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Donald spent 10 seasons with the franchise and won a Super Bowl as the human wrecking ball on the inside of its defensive line until he called it quits two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“But I apologized and I didn’t get him in trouble for wrecking my bedroom window. I’ve barely even spoken to him before now!”

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness


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