rust

They could be from naturally occurring phenomena like wheat rust and weather or from human activity such as sustained global conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Not while he’s flustered and frustrated — which you can’t spell without rust, though even Roberts admitted, “I don’t know how long you can use the rust thing, which I’ve certainly used.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

There is still “a lot of rust to knock off,” during camp and the lead-up to the season, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

For Joshua, it is about far more than shaking off ring rust.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

When I asked my da where I got it, he joked that there must’ve been rust in the pipes.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

“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

And when the sword of the law, confided to the hands of our enemies, rusts in its sheath?

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

"This is a Tour de France original bicycle," from 1979, the 73-year-old added, holding up a piece of a rusted frame.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

“If you tell me: ‘my family had a sugar mill,’ chances are all you’re going to get is chunks of rusted iron in an abandoned field.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

While trimming back Valerie's hedges and clearing brambles, the 24-year-old spotted a rusted, 50cm device that looked "almost like a mortar stood up on its tail".

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Nguyen jabbed a finger toward a black triangle beneath a rusted fire escape.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Around the lake, the remnants of Venezuela’s oil boom are woven into everyday life, with homes surrounded by rusting pump jacks and pipelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"These coins were rusting and expanding and were capable of pressing the whole column of rock above them, pushing them up," he told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

The boy tipped his head towards the rusting tin on the roof as he prepared to recite his lines.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat