wrecked

Example Sentences

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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

Dunn, 69, counts himself as lucky that his new home was not damaged in Hurricane Helene as his neighborhood was wrecked.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Now I have a tree stump in my yard, a wrecked fence — and a window into the personal hell of wrestling with insurance claims.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

She wrought real reputational harms and wrecked the presumption of regularity to the point where judges are now just saying: I just assume you lie all the time.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The skiff was barely seaworthy, but it had survived the trip to the island, even through the wild currents that wrecked much bigger boats.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk