derelict
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Fain removed much of Boyer’s responsibilities in 2024, saying Boyer had been derelict in his job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"To date, CMDR's Bounty Project, which pays a financial reward to licensed commercial fishers for marine debris removal, has removed 84 tons of large, derelict fishing gear from the Pacific Ocean."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
As waves crashed against the derelict structure Monday morning, U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Polanski said his party's councillors would "use the powers local authorities have" to buy "empty and derelict properties and get our high streets thriving again".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict, and unoccupied.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
Nobody except beggars, derelicts and the police-custody dead were cremated there.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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