decayed

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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

As the Soviet empire decayed, the idea of Central Europe returned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

The team also showed that decayed elephant carcasses were more spread out across the landscape than fresh carcasses, indicating that the die-off in 2020 was different from typical elephant mortality patterns.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024

Methane spends a lot less time in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide; about 20 years after it's released, most of it will have decayed, while carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2024

Breathing on her a stale breath of decayed old deer-hides and skunk cabbages and dead mushrooms.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich