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But this is the rot that social media creates.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Even the most polite friendships on the surface can slowly rot from the inside out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Moustapha, who has four children, said there was no evidence against his wife, who was being left "to rot in jail" and that it was a "clear example of collective punishment".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

This is a short, potent book that has much to say about the spiritual rot of our present culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“It’s nothing. I’m fine,” I said, pulling potato rot from my hair.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The saying goes that the fish rots from the head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 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

When people die they are sometimes put into coffins, which means that they don’t mix with the earth for a very long time until the wood of the coffin rots.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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

Uncollected garbage rotted in heaps, and people cued outside of bakeries for their daily government ration of bread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Made of rotted wood and abandoned shackles,” she read aloud.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

But there’s nothing charming about composite decking, which is what I found myself researching when our wood started rotting under the weight of New England winter.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

Even when life offers her a grain of solace or happiness, the morsel is already rotting from the inside out.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company, Lineage Logistics, told The Times it didn’t cause the fire and went above and beyond to put it out and speed the cleanup of truckloads of rotting food that attracted rats and flies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

His uniform barely fit, and his locker forever smelled like the rotting food he squandered.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson