rusty

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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

But Draper's lack of recent court time also showed in some rusty returning as the match reached its critical stage.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

But I bought an old, rusty metal birdcage the seller said was from France.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Inglis, who has been plying her trade in the tier below the WTA Tour, might have been handed a walkover, but she's unlikely to be feeling rusty when she faces Swiatek.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

The girl drops her bag and grabs my chin and wipes my face clean enough so I can see her bright teeth and tangled mass of hair that looks like rusty wire.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman