run-down
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In her run-down Victorian house, she produces a literary journal, Vista, and provides lodging to four tenants: Robbie, a struggling writer; Georgina, a flighty debutante; Mina, an ambitious cinema usherette; and Saul, a wartime refugee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The family moved north, found a run-down marina on the Connecticut–Rhode Island border, and bought it.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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
AFP gives a run-down of where these data centres are being built, and why:
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
It’s just a run-down stretch of outdated stores with merchandise that’s been there since the Bay of Pigs.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
“When you remove the vegetation, the water can run and run down into the lowest areas of the canyons much more quickly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
At the same time, there has been a decline in those who believe going to university leaves graduates "a lot better off" in the long run, down from 50% in 2005 to 36% in 2025.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
But the Strait of Hormuz closure means those stockpiles have likely been run down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Handsome and Magic watched as Duane continued to run down the hilly path toward the Fabulous Beach.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
