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Its mangled wreckage was recovered in 2001 with the craft handed to Coniston's Ruskin Museum two years ago following the settlement of an ownership row with Bill Smith, the engineer who led its rebuild.

From BBC May 11, 2026

Over the past few years, some iPhone users noticed their have texts have become rife with mangled words and strange punctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

Such gaps are not abstract — they represent real human lives that are lost or mangled.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

One car’s wheels have been removed; another sports a mangled fender.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

My arms came up and crossed over my chest, and some mangled mess of anxiety and guilt rose up from deep in my guts.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken