rot
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"Turn off that TV, it'll rot your brain!" has been repeated in households for generations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
"Any transport delay can risk ruining the batch. If it takes longer than 24 hours, the internal sugars begin to rot and ferment unpredictably, destroying the delicate flavour profile needed for premium spirits," says Dhariwal.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Plus, a DIY solar hack, a country fights teen brain rot with free ChatGPT and Apple’s plans for a Siri-led AI comeback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
He went to work carting out some of the rot.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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 allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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
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
How many years would it take before her jump rope rots and disappears?
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Parts were found to have rotted away from damp and the sheets were placed between sheets of glass in a bid to preserve them.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
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
We sit on her porch, or I watch while she works her small jungle, snapping off dead leaves, forking rotted manure into her camellias, talking under her breath.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Her health concerns persisted even when smoke from the stubborn fire, which burned for more than a week, was replaced with the smells of rotting meat and other frozen foods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"We call it rotting out," says Fererro, now wearing a white laboratory coat as he adds handfuls of seagrass to the Calshot tank.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They’re the stench of smoke and soot and chlorine, and of burning, rotting, rat-besieged food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Hachadourian says some blooms smell like dog feces and others like rotting flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He did, and she eyed them as if they were a pair of rotting salmon.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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