Example Sentences

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Part of this awareness was bringing these farmers on board to become protectors of the forest rather than wreckers of it.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

VDOT’s nine districts have also identified additional locations to stage wreckers and snowplows, especially where work zones effect movement in the area.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

The car has had difficulty getting back to pit road with a flat tire and wreckers were on standby all over the track at Las Vegas to give a push when needed.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2022

“They do a great job of getting push in the pocket, they’re really sound in their rush lanes and they’ve got game wreckers up front.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021

My mother threw a fit, though, when she heard that—and the home wreckers took cover for a while.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey