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
Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Slip beneath the surface to swim past parrotfish, brain coral, and shipwrecks along the Maritime Heritage Trail.
—Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
Just below the water, the Costa Maya reef provides world-class snorkeling, and nearby Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve feels like an untouched marine wonderland, teeming with wildlife and historic shipwrecks.
—Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Michael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works including biographies of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton as well as accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died.
—Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Multiple shipwrecks have been found in the bay, including the wreckage of Napoleon's fleet from the 1798 Battle of the Nile.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The military sites included were in Saipan and Italy, while the Lake Huron sites were commercial shipwrecks in relatively accessible freshwater locations.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Stay at the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, which partners with Islander Watersports to offer excursions to scuba dive reefs, coral grottoes and shipwrecks just minutes from Pinney’s Beach.
—Adrienne Jordan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Where did other shipwrecks occur on Michigan's Great Lakes?
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
Evidence for this travel and trade comes from shipwrecks, one in particular found just 50m off the shore near the town of Uluburun along the southern coast of Turkey in the Bay of Antalya.
—Verb
Two married sea-explorers are stranded, Gilligan-style, after a storm shipwrecks their craft.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipwrecks
Noun
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The Packers had seen their season end in two of the last three postseasons in part because of special teams disasters, and Saturday night was no different.—
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Overall, the nation suffered a staggering 23 separate weather and climate disasters in 2025, each of which cost over $1 billion in damages.—
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This process wrecks kidney and heart tissue, causing the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to become stiffer, impeding circulation and setting the stage for clots.—
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The larger dragon has two car launchers and a fire-breathing effect that wrecks passing cars.—
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Any profession with life-and-death authority must be willing to confront its worst failures, not hide them.—
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For women now incarcerated at Mabel Bassett, those early decisions and missing records are not abstract failures, but the background against which their own cases were charged, tried, and judged.—
Noun
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An observer of catastrophes, come what may.—
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Across their nearly 100-year football rivalry, USC and Notre Dame have only paused their annual matchup for global catastrophes like World War II and the Covid-19 pandemic.—
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Advertisement Books provide us with refuge from disappointments and heartbreak and loss.—
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Yes, rookie draftees got playing opportunities but none was a standout, and the top two picks were closer to disappointments than successes.—
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“Shipwrecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipwrecks. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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