- present participle of rust.
rusting
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The rusting club was no longer a force to be reckoned with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
On a recent journey to international waters off the coast of Malaysia chartered by the U.S. advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, empty, rusting Iranian-linked ships floated high in the water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
“I don’t believe that my particular body structure is easily adaptable to that type of device,” Ignatius observed, a gimlet eye fixed upon the rusting stool.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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