derelict
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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
Police are also investigating whether a nearby car fire in Netherhouses and a fire at a derelict house on Wotherspoon Road on Saturday are linked to the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Helena Smith, The Guardian's correspondent in Athens, told BBC Radio Scotland that the body was found in a derelict building in downtown Athens, "in an area that is booming, full of Airbnbs".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
This time you are the derelict the Powers bring.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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
As it is, I am grateful, here, to purge myself of some guilt by proposing that other derelicts join me in a collective beautification project.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2014
Nobody except beggars, derelicts and the police-custody dead were cremated there.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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