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Ries, the bankruptcy trustee, said offices in Texas were disused and decrepit—his foot went through the floor when he visited one location around two months after McClain’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Coal tip landslides are highlighted too, though the report credits recent efforts in Wales to establish a register of disused tips and a new authority to manage their safety in future.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

In a lot behind a disused West Virginia gas station at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Roy Funkhouser is surrounded by about a dozen beekeepers and countless buzzing bees.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Tehran has begun using containers and disused tanks in southern oil hubs such as Ahvaz and Asaluyeh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Once they’d snuck into a rave in a disused warehouse down in the Flats and danced until three, glow necklaces ringing their wrists and their throats.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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