rusting
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The largest structure, a six-story building with dozens of broken windows, is sealed shut with rusting metal grillwork.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
"The siren tower in our village is rusting and leaning and is set to fall any time because there has never been any maintenance."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Today, abandoned barge cranes lie rusting and rotting in delta sloughs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
Autumn's fungussy, berries’re manky, leaves're rusting, Vs of long-distance birds're crossing the sky, evenings’re smoky, nights're cold, autumn’s nearly dead.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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Chemistry - High School
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