How to Use wreck in a Sentence
- This car has never been in a wreck.
- The stress of her final exams made her a wreck.
- Dad was a nervous wreck on the day I had my surgery.
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Gomez died at the scene of the wreck.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Dec. 2025
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Diego died at the site of the wreck.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The raid left the building a wreck.
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Michael Loria,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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There was a wreck down the backstretch.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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No one was killed in either wreck.
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some harsh words are said that leave Kevin a wreck.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Six people have died in those wrecks.
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Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Mixter is one of the few to have dived to the wreck.
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Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The wreck happened just west of the Kipling off-ramp.
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Logan Smith,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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But is this wreck of a restaurant a happy scene?
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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What has happened in the 50 years since the wreck?
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Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The wreck claimed the lives of all 29 crew members.
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Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Photos from after the crash show the plane wreck.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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There were no other injuries in the wreck.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Ritchson says in the video after the wreck.
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Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Rosenqvist’s wreck was one of a few that occurred on the course.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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The wreck set the vehicle on fire.
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David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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But the law does not make finding the cause for wrecks less blurry.
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Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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When a partner’s snoring wrecks your sleep, these tips can help.
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Annabelle Timsit,
Washington Post,
1 Feb. 2024
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Don’t let a vacation wreck your body.
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Sherry McAllister,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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McCarthy, 57, died at the site of the wreck.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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But the local fishers always knew where most of the wrecks were.
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Laura Trethewey,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Sep. 2023
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Then in the race, starting last, I got involved in a wreck.
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Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Marissa thought that the mom had died by suicide after the wreck.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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For some members of the crew, the site of the wreck was familiar.
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Ben Taub,
The New Yorker,
1 July 2023
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Joann carried profound grief after her first love died in a car wreck.
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Sahana Jayaraman,
AZCentral.com,
27 June 2023
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Officials have yet to disclose what led to the wreck.
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Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
- The affair wrecked his marriage.
- I wrecked my mother's car.
- Many houses were wrecked by the hurricane.
- Bad weather wrecked our vacation.
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Girls getting wrecked on prom night?
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Then her son wrecked her Acura.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jerry Cantrell wrecked my go-kart.
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Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Everything in the guest house got wrecked.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 Dec. 2025
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The waves and currents wrecked the boats; all 21 men aboard died.
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David Reamer | Alaska History,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 Apr. 2023
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Roads were closed, and ballfields were wrecked because of the rain.
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Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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That last 100 meters is the part that will wreck you.
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Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026
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But one melancholy night wrecked my resolve.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa,
The Dial,
9 Dec. 2025
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So my job is to try not to wreck any of these great people’s careers and dreams.
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Mesfin Fekadu,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2024
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There needs to be a level of belief that it can get done and it won't get wrecked.
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Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Apr. 2026
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But football was cast aside after the wideout wrecked his knee.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
Peoplemag,
20 Feb. 2024
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Musk has wrecked all of that, seemingly with that purpose in mind.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
11 Oct. 2023
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That sport is so incredible and wrecks your body.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Carter wrecked that drive with two quick pressures against Deculus.
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Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Will her estranged mom’s brief return and an ex’s murder wreck her big break?
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some concrete buildings are charred by blasts; others are wrecked.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
14 Feb. 2024
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The big money takeover is wrecking college sports.
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Kitchens were wrecked, and diners were an endangered species.
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Beth D'addono,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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Then the second day, everyone was wrecked.
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Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Jan. 2026
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Be careful, at night a Bell Hunter will spawn at the site of grace and will wreck you.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
7 May 2022
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Debris on the gallery floor indicates that the twin panels were wrecked in situ.
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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But what exactly is over—and what was so special and fragile that it could be wrecked?
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Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
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Warren wrecked the car — right as police made it to the scene, the department said.
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Makiya Seminera,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Feb. 2024
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Bubba had the fastest car and charged for the lead late — but got wrecked out of contention in the final five laps.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2024
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McIndoe really wrecked the curve on this one.
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Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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Then, one day, a construction accident while at work wrecked his teeth again.
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Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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