rot
Example Sentences
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No film since Jonathan Glazer’s wizardly “The Zone of Interest” has wielded such a meticulously controlled formal approach to visualizing the insidiousness of moral rot.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
That is forcing vineyard owners from Bordeaux to Australia to rip up vines and leave grapes to rot in the fields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
A publication that once stood for truth and justice, emboldening reporters like Bernstein and Woodward to uncover corruption, was now wantonly flaunting its own rot.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
Instead, it has driven farmers from their land, left produce to rot at roadblocks and blocked food imports except those from its allies in neighboring Rwanda, according to local traders and activists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
They gave off a pungent smell, like meat gone to rot, and were filled with white pools.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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