decrepit
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They loaded salvageable sofas and home appliances onto decrepit blue pickup trucks in the unmistakable 1960s design of local brand Zamyad.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Now, it needs to spend more again on the military and shore up crumbling infrastructure, from potholed roads to a decrepit rail system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
Therefore some graves can become abandoned and decrepit over time.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
For that offense, she was grabbed off the street by a half-dozen plainclothes federal agents and detained for weeks in a decrepit ICE facility, thousands of miles away.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025
They listened to the clatter of their decrepit refrigerator and the ticking clock on the wall.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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