rickety
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But the 80-kilometre journey on the eastern DRC's infamously rickety and bumpy roads damaged the coffin, exposing the Ebola-ridden corpse to the world.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“And it has to be wood. Avoid rickety metal ones that fall over. Noisy!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
And it’s a much more rickety machine than it first appeared.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025
Elsewhere, it was the Alan Carr show again, as the comedian walked along a rickety bridge over a river during the latest challenge, shrieking as he did so.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
It’s located between the only other two buildings in the tiny downtown area of Fairbank—a rickety ice cream shack and Big Ed’s General Store.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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