rotten

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Jerry uses his “you-betcha” Midwestern accent to disguise his discontent, but beneath his charlatan smile lurks a rotten, greedy soul.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

He learned to patch up injured men in below-deck sea cabins, where gangrene turned a wound black and rotten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Under President Xi Jinping, an anti-corruption crackdown has swept through Chinese football in recent years, exposing the rotten state of the professional game.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The first of those never recovered from a rotten start, when they collected two points from their opening seven games.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

The more rotten an egg gets, the lighter it gets, until it doesn’t seem to weigh anything at all.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney