Example Sentences

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Mr. Biden will travel to the San Jose and Santa Cruz areas near the state’s Central Coast, where flooding and mudslides have wrecked power lines, damaged homes and swallowed cars.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

It's not the routs that have wrecked the heads of Rangers folk this season, though.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

Repeated wars over the decades have wrecked Iraq’s electricity networks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Several boats carrying migrants have wrecked in recent weeks.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021

But I did not expect his answer: “The Weaver will refuse it. Unanswerable questions have wrecked Foretelling groups.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin