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Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Face our fear and root it out, even if it means excavating the hideous rot of actual history?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Spoiled vegetables rot in corners, while food counters show signs of pest infestation.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Cleanup crews have cleared much of the millions of pounds of food left to rot after a warehouse burned for more than a week in Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

The saying goes that the fish rots from the head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

The great Viserys rots into shreds of his former self.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025

The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

The Bundimun oozes a secretion which rots away the very foundations of the dwelling in which it is found.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Once a zone of promise and connection, the web has not only rotted and enshittified, it’s turned into a literal warzone.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

The building was storing millions of pounds of fresh and frozen food such as meat, bread and seafood that rotted after the blaze, prompting complaints, citations and lawsuits over foul odors and pests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

There is just moonlight now, in the mill, and the musty smell of rotted grain hangs in the air.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

That heartless sea alludes to both a disturbing woman in his past and hard times when young, watching “the locust feed / Like tractor wrecks and cabbages rotting in a field.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“But I am the only one rotting in prison.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In Tanji, home to The Gambia's largest fish landing, the stench of rotting catch is becoming an issue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lally said the weekend's fly-tipping was "one of the worst examples that we have come across", but it was not unusual to find discarded BBQs, beer cans and rotting food.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

We were not allowed to step around them as the ranks were formed: often we stood in water up to our ankles, and at night the barracks reeked with rotting shoe leather.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom