rot
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Everything the man is touching nowadays turns into gold for him and rot for the rest of us, a curse any smart person would avoid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Leftover ingredients don’t have to rot in your fridge, they’re opportunities to get creative and expand your kitchen prowess.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Plus, a DIY solar hack, a country fights teen brain rot with free ChatGPT and Apple’s plans for a Siri-led AI comeback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
“Stamptown” at the Montalbán was filmed as part of a Netflix special that will air later this year, which any lover of brain rot and pageantry should be sure to check out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
As Nighthand took off his jacket, the stench of something animal, left to rot, became unmissable.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The analysts at SentimenTrader call it a “Weekend at Bernie’s” rally, “propped up almost entirely by flows into a handful of mega-cap tech and semiconductor leaders, while the broader market rots beneath the surface.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Yet, huge amounts of food – on average in the U.S., as much as 40% of it – rots before being eaten.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025
The allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
I whispered; “even if it’s lying there, undisturbed, the water rots it, doesn’t it?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
A pyramid-shaped viewpoint on Loch Lomond that was hailed for its "sustainable timber" has been removed because the wood rotted away.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
The only thing we did was replace the upholstery because it was rotted out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
He started by tearing out a couple of rotted support beams and replacing them with treated four-by-sixes.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
It attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies, which lay their eggs on rotting animal carcasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hachadourian says some blooms smell like dog feces and others like rotting flesh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In a previous statement, Lineage estimated there were about 5,000 truckloads of rotting food to be removed from inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Raised by her mother in a small terrace council house with rotting window frames and no upstairs heating in a former mining town near Sunderland, she was bullied at school and received free school meals.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
His sublime portraits are partly the product of his time with ravenous flies and rotting bodies.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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