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Recent Examples of wrecker
In 1831, Jacob Housman, a wrecker who salvaged cargo from shipwrecks, settled in Indian Key and established it as the first county seat for Dade County.
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Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Carter has the potential to be a game-plan wrecker inside, the sort of defensive tackle that opens up opportunities for pass rushers — like star linebacker Haason Reddick, who had 16 sacks last season — and can blow holes in the interior in the run game.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Hodge retrieved items from the plane and helped members of the Wetumpka fire department load the plane onto a wrecker after it was pulled from the ditch.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
And most world leaders, and even many ordinary Americans, still hope that China will choose to be part of these solutions, not one of the wreckers of a new international system.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
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Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Carter has the potential to be a game-plan wrecker inside, the sort of defensive tackle that opens up opportunities for pass rushers — like star linebacker Haason Reddick, who had 16 sacks last season — and can blow holes in the interior in the run game.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
Hodge retrieved items from the plane and helped members of the Wetumpka fire department load the plane onto a wrecker after it was pulled from the ditch.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
And most world leaders, and even many ordinary Americans, still hope that China will choose to be part of these solutions, not one of the wreckers of a new international system.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecker
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Now, for those who fail to download a software patch for their gear shifters—yes, bike components now get software updates—there may be hacker saboteurs to contend with, too.Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024
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Others, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist Westbrook Pegler, skipped the niceties and went straight to accusing their fellow citizens of being enemy saboteurs.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
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California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Pentagon officials earlier said that B-52 long-range bombers, along with more destroyers, fighter squadrons and tankers, would be deployed to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Major General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that further destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be sent to the Middle East to deter Iran and its allies from conducting more attacks.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Wrecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecker. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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