rickety

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But after this defeat, the fighter who once drove around Leeds in his rickety car trying to sell tickets can leave knowing he gave the sport everything he had.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

And it’s a much more rickety machine than it first appeared.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

But her conceit that the Inter-Con’s trajectory can constitute, as the book’s subtitle asserts, “a people’s history of Afghanistan,” is rickety at best.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Adam Lambert sits on a rickety wooden chair just outside the main chapel at the Hollywood United Methodist Church on a break from rehearsing the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

Instead, it seemed to go to the bills piling up on the rickety table at the door entrance.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova