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Recent Examples of shipwrecked
Get shipwrecked on a Robinson Crusoe beach with a picnic of yellowfin ceviche?
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
In this film, the pups get shipwrecked on a mysterious dinosaur island.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026
The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The trailer shows Odysseus get shipwrecked along with his army and make his way back home during a treacherous journey.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Democrats insisted the survivors were helpless and should have been rescued to comply with international laws that call for either sides in a conflict to help combatants who fall overboard or are shipwrecked.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2025
The four tried to sail across the sea but were shipwrecked in Spain, where all four of them survived and went on to their next adventure in Not Mexico together.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That fresh story finds Daryl and Carol shipwrecked in Spain after setting out from England on a boat and fighting a losing battle against a storm.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
In this film, the pups get shipwrecked on a mysterious dinosaur island.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Jan. 2026
The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.
—Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The trailer shows Odysseus get shipwrecked along with his army and make his way back home during a treacherous journey.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Democrats insisted the survivors were helpless and should have been rescued to comply with international laws that call for either sides in a conflict to help combatants who fall overboard or are shipwrecked.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2025
The four tried to sail across the sea but were shipwrecked in Spain, where all four of them survived and went on to their next adventure in Not Mexico together.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That fresh story finds Daryl and Carol shipwrecked in Spain after setting out from England on a boat and fighting a losing battle against a storm.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipwrecked
wrecked
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His digestive system was wrecked by recurring dysentery and colic, and the calomel prescribed by his doctors only made things worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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The 1992 play was produced for the Paradise Factory theater in Greenwich Village, which credits Noonan for opening the space where an ice cream shop and hat factory operated before a fire wrecked the building.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Shipwrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipwrecked. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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