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But when a 2024 reserve study and subsequent inspections revealed extensive structural decay, the association was faced with a $600,000 repair bill, according to a report from the Foundation for Community Association Research.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Young women finishing school and establishing themselves before starting families isn’t a symptom of social decay, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

"Any sort of hint of mental decay, you're sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up but it's not an all day every day condition, and that's what I cling onto."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Typically, population declines and aging housing stock conjure visions of Rust Belt decay, where land loses value and abandoned homes sell for next to nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The picturesque suburban township of Maplewood felt about as far away from urban decay as one can imagine.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation accumulates rather than decays, capturing carbon in the ground.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

When tritium decays, the neutrino carries away some energy, which slightly alters the energy pattern of the emitted electrons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025

It contains radium that decays into radon gas, which is radioactive and can cause cancer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

“But the U.S. Constitution is neither bone nor stone. It is an explosion of ideas. Parchment decays and ink fades, but ideas endure; they also change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025

“The vacuum decays to a slightly lower state,” says Puthoff.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

“Remote and hybrid work used to be a privilege, but its benefits over in-person work have decayed across the board,” Chris Martin, senior economist at Glassdoor, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Pyne added the tree would not immediately disappear, and as it decayed over the next few decades, would provide a home to many animals and plants.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Teeth are the most durable part of the skeleton and often survive long after the rest of the body has decayed.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

In “Vaccine Flag,” a vertical banner arcs gracefully across a soft gradient of L.A. haze, but the banner’s fabric is so tattered and decayed that its advertisement for vaccines is barely legible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

And Siddhartha’s soul returned, died, decayed, turned into dust, experienced the troubled course of the life cycle.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

On the shore of a nondescript, decaying seaside town, a boat that went missing 30 years ago suddenly reappears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

But in some cases, blue skies can be seen through the facades, making the decaying structures look like theater props.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

But the pansexual Lestat de Lioncourt transformed them into rebellious, romantic figures, the stuff of adolescent FOMO, as opposed to decaying ghouls.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

NEW YORK—More than a million fans will visit New York City this month for the World Cup, and many of them will squeeze through the decaying bowels of Pennsylvania Station while they’re here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

It hops around and flaps its decaying wings and I wake up, my heart beating fast.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood