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Recent Examples of wrecker
Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Crosby is a game wrecker, and Havenstein and Alaric Jackson will have to be at their best to keep him from getting to Stafford at SoFi Stadium.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 20 Oct. 2024
The vehicle sustained major damage and had to be removed by a wrecker.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024
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.
—Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Crosby is a game wrecker, and Havenstein and Alaric Jackson will have to be at their best to keep him from getting to Stafford at SoFi Stadium.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 20 Oct. 2024
The vehicle sustained major damage and had to be removed by a wrecker.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2024
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.
—Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecker
Noun
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The deployment of roughly 10 NATO vessels under the Baltic Sentry mission is intended to deter acts of sabotage and enhance the likelihood of quickly intercepting any saboteurs, YLE reported.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Allied officials say some of the ailing ships are doubling as low-tech saboteur vessels.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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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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America and the world need Trump to be a disrupter and reformer, not merely a destroyer.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Kaga: Kure, Japan The Kaga, which is a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into the country's first aircraft carrier since World War II, remained pierside at Kure naval base in Hiroshima prefecture, according to a photo shared by a ship spotter on Monday.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Wrecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecker. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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