rust

They could be from naturally occurring phenomena like wheat rust and weather or from human activity such as sustained global conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The zoo is seeing challenges to its national accreditation after federal regulators spotted rust and and peeling paint in some of its exhibits, and pointed out “critical” funding and staffing shortages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

We just have to shake off a little rust first.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Williams hadn't played in a tournament since saying she was "evolving away" from tennis in 2022, so inevitably there were signs of rust.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

I yanked on the padlock, but despite a thick encrustation of rust it seemed rock solid.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

“It needs a ton of work—even plastic rusts in Key West.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Carbon steel rusts easily, so those knives have to be consistently washed and dried to avoid discoloration.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

"Most ring pots are metal, which rusts and breaks down over time," he explained.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2021

“Spring Break”: A child is traumatized when his beloved Slinky rusts out.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2021

It rusts this iron into dust; while the CO2, as the High School Boy calls what I have called carbon, for short, goes after the rocks that contain lime, potash, and soda.

From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth

"This is a Tour de France original bicycle," from 1979, the 73-year-old added, holding up a piece of a rusted frame.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Mercantile scales and rusted bird cages are scattered across crowded shelves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

Fencing was rusted and laying on the ground, and the grass was waist high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

It opened on shrieking, rusted hinges, swinging inward.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The new EU stepped in to help build border fences, including an eight-foot-tall barrier built in 1995 to replace the rusting, chest-high wire that cordoned Ceuta off from Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The largest structure, a six-story building with dozens of broken windows, is sealed shut with rusting metal grillwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Goodison-Blanks said the tin itself had some "patternation and rusting" on it and the label was a "bit worn".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

Along the interstate in the distance long lines of charred and rusting cars.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy