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Recent Examples of wrecker
The 18-wheeler overturned, and a heavy-duty wrecker was called to remove it.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
The westbound side of I-84 was shut down for about four hours while a wrecker removed the vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
While waiting for a wrecker to arrive, the squad car was struck from behind by a black Mercedes sedan, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town
After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town
CT brewery closes a popular shoreline pub and restaurant location.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2025
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
The westbound side of I-84 was shut down for about four hours while a wrecker removed the vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
While waiting for a wrecker to arrive, the squad car was struck from behind by a black Mercedes sedan, according to the statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town
After years of delay, wreckers get ready to raze enormous ex-hotel in this central CT town
CT brewery closes a popular shoreline pub and restaurant location.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrecker
Noun
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Both qualities suggest he’ll be easily manipulated by the senior senator from his home state, who ultimately becomes Smith’s saboteur and nemesis when the scales fall from the younger man’s eyes.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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Our own inner saboteurs, as RuPaul would say, are really the villain of the story.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
24 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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Schuster said while changes would be needed to US law to enable the South Korean shipyard to begin fully constructing destroyers for the US Navy, the pact signed Monday could yield immediate benefits.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The carrier strike group led by the Carl Vinson consists of at least two other warships, the cruiser USS Princeton and the destroyer USS Sterett, and a carrier air wing with nine aircraft squadrons, according to a statement released by the U.S. Navy on March 28.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Wrecker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrecker. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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