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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a double shipwreck" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation involving two separate but related disasters or failures, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The company's financial troubles were compounded by a double shipwreck: a failed product launch and a major lawsuit."
Alternatives: "a dual disaster" or "twofold catastrophe".
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In a double shipwreck that made this month the deadliest January on record for migrants trying to cross the sea, two wooden boats sank in the eastern Aegean off the islands of Kalymnos and Farmakonisi.
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The piece depicts a double-bass player, played by Hervé, shipwrecked on a cannibal island, who after several perilous encounters with the female chief of the cannibals makes his escape using his double-bass as a boat.
A storm, a shipwreck and possibly pirates!
Kevin Garnett produced a double-double.
Make it a double-double.
Then he grabbed a banjo from beside the couch and played a ballad about a shipwreck.
Probably there is a painting of a shipwreck on the wall.
In the event of a shipwreck, a sailor's best friend is a floating barrel.
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