Example Sentences

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“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

For investors, it’s worth checking whether there might be some value in the wrecks and being wary of those sailing close to the wind.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Train wrecks are going to be companies that are overfunded, spend at a very rapid rate and have little product differentiation in a market which can lose leadership in 12 months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

But the German fleet, and other wrecks in the waters around Orkney, have become popular diving sites.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

He had spent hours poring over those sleek predatory lines, studying the sails and hydrofoils, the smooth engineered surfaces so different from the rusting wrecks he worked every day.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi