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The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has also struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

For Joshua, it is about far more than shaking off ring rust.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

We just have to shake off a little rust first.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Williams hadn't played in a tournament since saying she was "evolving away" from tennis in 2022, so inevitably there were signs of rust.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

His red hair was cut so short it was just a tinge of rust creeping out of his cap.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

Carbon steel gives a sharper edge than stainless steel, and it’s easier to sharpen, but the blade rusts easily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

The mineral cave decor — epsomite, mirabilite, sulfate — rusts into the ruddy orange of iron oxide, the deep black of manganese.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023

Carbon steel rusts easily, so those knives have to be consistently washed and dried to avoid discoloration.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

“Spring Break”: A child is traumatized when his beloved Slinky rusts out.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2021

And when the sword of the law, confided to the hands of our enemies, rusts in its sheath?

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

The rusted, twisted metal became a means, the authors write, for “communities far from New York to establish a physical bond through these remnants of destruction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"This is a Tour de France original bicycle," from 1979, the 73-year-old added, holding up a piece of a rusted frame.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

But he also didn’t want to die an old man on a rusted prison cot.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Mercantile scales and rusted bird cages are scattered across crowded shelves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

I called in my dream to the lodge-keeper, and had no answer, and peering closer through the rusted spokes of the gate I saw that the lodge was uninhabited.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The new EU stepped in to help build border fences, including an eight-foot-tall barrier built in 1995 to replace the rusting, chest-high wire that cordoned Ceuta off from Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The largest structure, a six-story building with dozens of broken windows, is sealed shut with rusting metal grillwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

"The siren tower in our village is rusting and leaning and is set to fall any time because there has never been any maintenance."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

While a handful have been freshly painted in the yellow, blue and red of the national flag and remain operational, many others have not moved in years and are rusting and falling apart.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Me and Lloyd kicked along in the dust of the road every school morning through countryside rusting with autumn.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck