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Recent Examples of shipwrecked
In this film, the pups get shipwrecked on a mysterious dinosaur island.
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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
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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Phillips croons about a mother’s bond with her child as Swinton walks off, her character freshly wrecked by a visit with her son in prison.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Edmund Fitzgerald remains the largest of all the ships wrecked or sunk by bad weather in the Great Lakes.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Shipwrecked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipwrecked. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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