rusty
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Garrett said he was rusty in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Walsh, who had not played since 15 August amid injury troubles, was rusty as Australia were pushed by New Zealand in a thrilling World Cup opening match last Thursday.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The shadowed portion could also develop a rusty or copper colored tint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
“To be able to lick a few drops of water off a rusty pipe becomes a leg up somehow,” McManus said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“The other one was getting rusty, so I ordered this new model.”
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
The tall flowers shot up out of spiky, gray-green leaves and were brilliant against darker, rustier tones in the yards.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023
A metal handle can be more lightweight and sturdy, but it may also be colder and rustier.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
BEREA, Ohio — Deshaun Watson felt the crowd’s anger while juggling his own nerves and emotions in a return that was rustier than expected last week.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
My own feed—I lived in San Francisco before moving to Cleveland—had the vapors, offering up rustier alternatives—just move to the Midwest!—as morally and fiscally superior and doubling down on the fetishization of cheap real estate.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2018
My Joust skills were a lot rustier than I thought.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
She’s a photographer named Alyssha Eve Csuk, and she grew up in the Rust Belt, beside the rustiest spot in America.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2015
And thus, perhaps the rustiest of the Rust Belt cities has a reason to go wild, writes Yahoo.com’s Les Carpenter.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2011
With few exceptions, the critical essays that make up most of The Vonnegut Statement are founded on the rustiest claptrap in literary exegesis.
From Time Magazine Archive
She sorted through them carefully, and selected the oldest, biggest, blackest, rustiest key.They went into the drawing room.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
The voice of the Sawyer was more dry than that of his oldest and rustiest saw.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
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