as in disasters
something that has failed
finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out
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Recent Examples of shipwrecks
ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
The film’s direction, combined with the film’s cinematography, focuses on the mythological essence of Elefsina and the mysterious shipwrecks hidden in the darkness of its seabed.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Researchers have discovered an extraordinary underwater cache of shipwrecks across 328 feet of seafloor in northeastern Libya, illuminating a once-thriving ancient port.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
The Geneva Conventions says nations have a duty to take all possible measures to rescue victims of shipwrecks.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Dive in and explore sunken shipwrecks off jetties, tour the area’s many museums, or take a shopping detour through HarborWalk Village.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
One of the most famous shipwrecks in United States history has received a glow-up, courtesy of stunningly detailed, underwater 3D scanning technology.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
One of the nation’s most famous wartime shipwrecks is apparently still defending itself on the seafloor off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, researchers say.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Discover the remains of hundreds of ancient shipwrecks and observe lions, hyenas, and fur seals in the wild along Namibia’s intriguing Skeleton Coast.
—Melanie Van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
Human rights groups are increasingly struggling to verify tolls as Italy, Tunisia and Malta have quietly restricted information on migrant rescues and shipwrecks along the deadliest migration route in the world.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
The film’s direction, combined with the film’s cinematography, focuses on the mythological essence of Elefsina and the mysterious shipwrecks hidden in the darkness of its seabed.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
Researchers have discovered an extraordinary underwater cache of shipwrecks across 328 feet of seafloor in northeastern Libya, illuminating a once-thriving ancient port.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
The Geneva Conventions says nations have a duty to take all possible measures to rescue victims of shipwrecks.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
Dive in and explore sunken shipwrecks off jetties, tour the area’s many museums, or take a shopping detour through HarborWalk Village.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
One of the most famous shipwrecks in United States history has received a glow-up, courtesy of stunningly detailed, underwater 3D scanning technology.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
One of the nation’s most famous wartime shipwrecks is apparently still defending itself on the seafloor off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, researchers say.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
Discover the remains of hundreds of ancient shipwrecks and observe lions, hyenas, and fur seals in the wild along Namibia’s intriguing Skeleton Coast.
—Melanie Van Zyl, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
Two married sea-explorers are stranded, Gilligan-style, after a storm shipwrecks their craft.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipwrecks
Noun
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The country observed three days of national mourning for one of the worst air disasters recorded in recent memory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The importance of speed Among the many lessons drawn from these disasters was that speed is the coin of the realm.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The change launches biannual arguments about the practice, wrecks havoc on sleep and has inspired voters to go to California polls.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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In a film like this, you’re ostensibly meant to root against the terror that the central characters wrecks on his victims.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The interviews, contained in the DOJ’s Epstein library, are wide ranging, but focus primarily on policy failures — such as understaffing, excessive overtime and misconduct that the DOJ later said contributed to Epstein’s suicide.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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Their relationship was tested by their mutual October failures.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With Harry, a personal spiral is only one case away, and as the series begins, there are several percolating catastrophes that might be ready to dovetail in self-destruction.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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Not everyone can be Francis Ford Coppola, funding his own feverish catastrophes by selling off one of his vineyards.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But there is something so wonderful about being fifty and having your own job and having been through so many disappointments that a situation like this is filtered through different experiences and people—the narrator’s discernment has an incredible clarity.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were two of baseball’s biggest disappointments last year, but there is good reason to believe both will be much improved heading into 2026.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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