run-down

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

They worked for a false-teeth manufacturer and put food on the table, but the family of four lived in a run-down Tampa, Fla., neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Wolf, a construction worker who lived with his mother and aunt in a run-down apartment complex off Foothill Boulevard, vented in Instagram comments about the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

It's no easy task in the run-down former mining town, with those interested in fashion careers looking to places such as Glasgow, around an hour's drive away, or even further afield.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

I passed under the narrow balconies clinging to the run-down tenements.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

After allowing his contract to run down at Celta Vigo, the defender has joined Crystal Palace on a free transfer, which might just prove to be one of the signings of the summer.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Emergency surgery must remain at the Causeway Hospital and it should be built up, not run down and that is my position and it's not for negotiation."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

He also is a downtown loft developer and commissioned studies that helped inform a far less expensive option that would run down near the flowing river, rather than up above.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

HEAF: I run down the street and ask consumers exiting our stores why they left without buying something.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Then they run down the middle, and when they get to the end, they double-high-five each other and step back into the lines.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner