rust

We just have to shake off a little rust first.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Williams hadn't played in a tournament since saying she was "evolving away" from tennis in 2022, so inevitably there were signs of rust.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

But O'Sullivan quickly shook off any "rust" as he moved into a controlling position and it would be a huge shock if He was able to fight back.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

I yanked on the padlock, but despite a thick encrustation of rust it seemed rock solid.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

“It needs a ton of work—even plastic rusts in Key West.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Carbon steel rusts easily, so those knives have to be consistently washed and dried to avoid discoloration.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

"Most ring pots are metal, which rusts and breaks down over time," he explained.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2021

“Spring Break”: A child is traumatized when his beloved Slinky rusts out.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2021

It rusts this iron into dust; while the CO2, as the High School Boy calls what I have called carbon, for short, goes after the rocks that contain lime, potash, and soda.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hawksworth, Hallam

The researchers compare the damaged protein to a rusted key that no longer fits its lock.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

Mercantile scales and rusted bird cages are scattered across crowded shelves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

That only changed when the rusted school clock that stopped at 09:13 was discovered in a wardrobe in 2019 and sent to St Fagan's for conservation.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

The prison through which he is escorted is a maze of many gates, rusted metal barriers to movement that echo, with every thud and clank, the stymied processes of Soviet justice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

From where they stood, he could see most of the East Side, a patchwork of sheet-metal roofs of different shades of rusted brown, silver, and black.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Old and rusting tankers like these form what maritime experts call the “shadow fleet,” a roving armada of hundreds of vessels that ferry oil for sanctioned regimes, including Iran and Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

A rusting cargo ship now lies stranded on a sandbank in the blue lagoon, where only a handful of fishing boats float around.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

Even in its undriveable condition sat rusting outside their home, Aston Martin still valued the car at £500,000, meaning the couple considered cashing in.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

At Minersville, I turned onto a back highway and headed through a landscape of overgrown mine tailings and rusting machinery towards Centralia, the strangest, saddest town I believe I have ever seen.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson