rotted

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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

"We're able to intercept food that would have otherwise rotted in fields or not be used and make it have a social impact."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 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

Carcasses rotted in his studio as he waited for the muse to possess him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

John had also split and stacked the wood from a dead maple we’d cut down, and climbed up on the roof to replace some rotted cedar shingles.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls