rusty
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A hedgehog that spent at least four days stuck in a rusty underground drain pipe in Fife has been rescued with the help of some cooking oil and a large pair of pliers.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
I do think I was a little bit rusty after a pretty long layoff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Asked about which dinosaurs he’d hope to see in the movie, Choudhury lists off several that I have to look up, rusty from my years away from textbooks.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“So it appears,” I replied, my voice sounding like a rusty chain saw.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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