derelict
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Derelict RVs and cars appeared in front of residences.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2022
“Are You a traveler who has cheated Tides and crossed Broken Floors and Derelict Stairs to reach these Halls? Or are You perhaps someone who inhabits my own Halls long after I am dead?”
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2020
Contemporary art experts familiar with Basquiat’s work believe that among the loans from Arnault’s personal collection is the 1982 painting Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 4, 2018
Derelict homes, swallowed up by grass and trees, stand empty along the road near to the centre of Boda.
From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2017
Then he looked at her intently for some moments, and spoke again, in eager tones for him— "Derelict."
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
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