rot
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Everything the man is touching nowadays turns into gold for him and rot for the rest of us, a curse any smart person would avoid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As he said in 1857, what was the point of celebrating the Fourth if the Declaration was now treated as “mere rubbish—old wadding left to rot on the battlefield”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
As the announcement was underway, in the background a fire burned for a sixth day in a Boyle Heights warehouse, where 85 million pounds of frozen food was thawing and beginning to rot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Underneath the rot is an architecturally impressive skeleton, so people are free to focus on that.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
We have removed the rot, we are strengthening the foundations.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The analysts at SentimenTrader call it a “Weekend at Bernie’s” rally, “propped up almost entirely by flows into a handful of mega-cap tech and semiconductor leaders, while the broader market rots beneath the surface.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Yet while soft tissue usually rots away, the lack of oxygen caused by the manner of the shark's death and more mud landing on top preserved the fish.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
It comes with a certificate of authenticity and installation instructions for owners to replace the banana — if they wish — whenever it rots.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Some fruit rots while still containing perfectly good seeds, and gets thrown out uneaten into the garbage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The structure, discovered in the village of Bulford, was a much more simple construction made up of just two wooden posts, which have long since rotted away.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Maria Ngo had spent most of the day tossing expired items and rotted produce from the small grocery store — casualties of the forced shutdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
"We're able to intercept food that would have otherwise rotted in fields or not be used and make it have a social impact."
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
They were crammed against one another and, just like last time, I couldn’t stop to try to help them—my feet moved me past until finally I arrived at that same rotted wooden door.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
They’re the stench of smoke and soot and chlorine, and of burning, rotting, rat-besieged food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Residents, they said, were fed up with exposure to toxic smoke, the smell of rotting food, swarms of flies and other vermin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The directives also require the companies to remove the millions of pounds of rotting food inside the warehouse within 45 days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hachadourian says some blooms smell like dog feces and others like rotting flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It smelled of rotting food and the tang of dog poop.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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