rusting
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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
Now they are rusting monuments to Scotland's industrial past.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
While a handful have been freshly painted in the yellow, blue and red of the national flag and remain operational, many others have not moved in years and are rusting and falling apart.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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
So when I got home I went out into the backyard and sat down on this rusting latticed patio chair and called him.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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Chemistry - High School
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