derelict
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Across this scarred landscape of abandoned farm fields and derelict villages are thousands of infantrymen, like Vlasenko, scattered in ones and twos, sheltering in makeshift bunkers—the humans in a robot war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The ceramicist also said there were a lot of derelict chapels across Wales and "we need to repurpose these buildings and give them a new lease of life".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Tehran has stored oil in derelict tanks and trucked it to neighbors as the sea route shuts down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The nerve-racking aspect of supposedly derelict shots is that we never know what’s outside the frame, want to peer around the photographic corner, and all the while fear the worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His pants and jacket were wrinkled, but he didn’t look as derelict as some of the press accounts had indicated.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
A host of bidders will compete for the drowned derelicts — some of whom may have less than honest intentions for the reselling of the rides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
It prioritizes derelicts that interfere with navigation, which this boat does not do.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017
Who needs to see the melting pot of humanity that converges on the clear waters of Bora Bora when you can meet the derelicts who peddle $125 badges for $2,000?
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
He noted that even the neighborhood derelicts were supportive.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2014
Well-dressed tourists mingled with the derelicts of the quarter.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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