derelict
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Derelict chimneys and tanks, once used for converting superheated coal into gas to power the city, cast shadows across the park’s grassy fields.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022
Derelict cars began to appear with greater frequency as Mallory crossed over the river and into downtown Dayton.
From Slate • May 29, 2021
Contemporary art experts familiar with Basquiat’s work believe that among the loans from Arnault’s personal collection is the 1982 painting Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2018
Kushner details more than 70 assets that he failed to disclose Derelict in duty?
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2017
“I think, sir,” said young Ransome, the fourth officer, slyly, “that I didn’t quite deserve all you—well, all I got for saying that infernal Red Derelict was unlucky to sight.”
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
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