rickety
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But the 80-kilometre journey on the eastern DRC's infamously rickety and bumpy roads damaged the coffin, exposing the Ebola-ridden corpse to the world.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
I came across it late in the making of the documentary, but I have footage from 1996 at Mardi Gras in Sydney, this rickety footage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
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 has to be wood. Avoid rickety metal ones that fall over. Noisy!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Past the gate, the Yards was a labyrinth of brick walls the color of spoiled meat, smoke-guttering flues, and rickety wooden ramps crammed within two square kilometers.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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