run-down
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Large parts of the site became run-down and comparisons were made with the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, abandoned after the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant led to a huge radiation leak.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
High school pupils and others have objected to a lack of teachers, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Snell gave up one hit, a single to Sal Stewart, which he quickly erased with a successful pick-off that caught Stewart in an inning-ending run-down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
At the end of 1952, they bought a run-down house on Capitol Hill, chiefly because it was a short walk to the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
He also sent Jackson Merrill to the center-field wall to run down two long outs Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The toddler, who is partially deaf, autistic and non-verbal, was reported to have run down a nearby alleyway towards a newbuild housing estate.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
I run down Tatarska Street in the bitter wind, and my eyes are roaming, roaming.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
