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The word "rot" is clearly an exaggeration, but new research suggests that heavy television viewing may still have meaningful consequences for brain health.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

As he said in 1857, what was the point of celebrating the Fourth if the Declaration was now treated as “mere rubbish—old wadding left to rot on the battlefield”?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

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

It had been such a rainy May, and the basement felt appropriately cryptlike: cobwebs around the doorframe ghosting our faces, that smell of dirt and rot and trapped air, and it was dark, totally dark.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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

Yet, huge amounts of food – on average in the U.S., as much as 40% of it – rots before being eaten.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 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

He pulled some car rots from the soft, dark earth and we sat down to eat.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

"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

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

Through a bombed cemetery, long-forgotten Londoners unearthed and flung into trees, grinning in rotted formal wear.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

He says flies have been swarming relentlessly over the past weeks, since the food that was stored in the warehouse began rotting.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Southern California air regulators Thursday adopted a slate of new requirements aimed at neutralizing the rancid odors from the fire-damaged Lineage warehouse that still contains millions of pounds of rotting food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

“This is a very dynamic situation, it’s not anything any of us have seen before, with the rotting food waste,” said Jason Aspell, deputy executive officer at the AQMD.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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

The pull had led her through winding side streets rank with the stink of waste and rotting food until she’d found refuge in one particularly small alley filled with old crates she could hide behind.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray