derelict
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“Said the Dead” opens in 2020 when a passerby sneaks into the asylum’s derelict chapel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Tehran has stored oil in derelict tanks and trucked it to neighbors as the sea route shuts down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The nerve-racking aspect of supposedly derelict shots is that we never know what’s outside the frame, want to peer around the photographic corner, and all the while fear the worst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Grade II listed Winstanley Hall dates back to about 1573 and has lain derelict for about 40 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"There we were put up in derelict army huts," he recalled, "but our living conditions were reasonable."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
A host of bidders will compete for the drowned derelicts — some of whom may have less than honest intentions for the reselling of the rides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
It prioritizes derelicts that interfere with navigation, which this boat does not do.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017
In the movies, homeless people—or street people, or derelicts, or bums—sometimes get to play the lead in egalitarian-redemptive comedies like My Man Godfrey, Trading Places, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2017
Who needs to see the melting pot of humanity that converges on the clear waters of Bora Bora when you can meet the derelicts who peddle $125 badges for $2,000?
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
Well-dressed tourists mingled with the derelicts of the quarter.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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