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
Dimming the upbeat declarations is a harsh reality: It will likely take at least a decade — and perhaps $200 billion or more — to restore the country’s decrepit hydrocarbon infrastructure, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
When the BBC visited in November, workers were busy knocking down a decrepit old barn, one of many that dot the Appalachian landscape.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Years before the U.S. military set off for battlegrounds in Cuba and the Philippines, rebels in both places had begun to fight for independence from the decrepit Spanish empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
He drifted into a Wyoming county fair, where he found a job working for an obscure firm that supplied decrepit horses to rodeos for use in relay races.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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