rot
Example Sentences
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They haven’t sniffed the playoffs since while undergoing seemingly constant leadership changes that have allowed their culture to slowly rot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
We can sit and rot until we become a version of ourselves resembling the one from the old world, but who is fundamentally different — quieter, angrier, dying.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Holding one coach, or one company, to account will not eliminate the institutional rot plaguing women’s sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"The second and the most ongoing challenge is dry rot in the building," he added: "It's so clever, and it gets everywhere."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing rot
"When Cultures Meet"
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