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"Turn off that TV, it'll rot your brain!" has been repeated in households for generations.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

As the announcement was underway, in the background a fire burned for a sixth day in a Boyle Heights warehouse, where 85 million pounds of frozen food was thawing and beginning to rot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Moral rot and vices similar to those Mr. Kessler discussed caused the empire to fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

I extended my toes toward the fire to warm them and saw that they were pale and had begun to rot.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

The analysts at SentimenTrader call it a “Weekend at Bernie’s” rally, “propped up almost entirely by flows into a handful of mega-cap tech and semiconductor leaders, while the broader market rots beneath the surface.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked to climate change – were carpeting the region’s prized coastlines, repelling holidaymakers with the pungent stench emitted as it rots.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024

It comes with a certificate of authenticity and installation instructions for owners to replace the banana — if they wish — whenever it rots.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

They carried lice and ringworm and leeches and paddy algae and various rots and molds.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Parts were found to have rotted away from damp and the sheets were placed between sheets of glass in a bid to preserve them.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

But they hit their stride with 2022’s “The Death of Peace of Mind,” which melded a Weeknd-worthy R&B falsetto with rotted, churning guitars and tasteful electronics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

"We're able to intercept food that would have otherwise rotted in fields or not be used and make it have a social impact."

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

As Tariq talked, Laila pictured her life as a rotted rope, snapping, unraveling, the fibers detaching, falling away.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

He says flies have been swarming relentlessly over the past weeks, since the food that was stored in the warehouse began rotting.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Her main concern is about the noxious stench of rotting food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

"We call it rotting out," says Fererro, now wearing a white laboratory coat as he adds handfuls of seagrass to the Calshot tank.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Nearly one month after a fire destoyed a massive cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights, the neighborhood has been overcome by the stomach-churning stench of rotting food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The reek rose from rotting corpses lying in shallow graves, from overflowing latrines, and from the stale sweat of men who had not enjoyed the luxury of a bath for weeks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman