rusting
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The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Electricity reverses the rusting process, allowing the iron batteries to store energy for later use.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
At an estimated cost of $3.8 billion, it will replace the rusting, abandoned hulk that sits at the east end of East Capitol Street, fronting the Anacostia River.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Naturally that means the risk versus reward of fixing rusting wells in an unstable country like Venezuela looks different.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
Flour and coffee in the floor and canned goods half crushed and rusting.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Chemistry - High School
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