rusting
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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
Electricity reverses the rusting process, allowing the iron batteries to store energy for later use.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
At an estimated cost of $3.8 billion, it will replace the rusting, abandoned hulk that sits at the east end of East Capitol Street, fronting the Anacostia River.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
There’s row after row of mangled, rusting metal remains of former homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
The nearest Salvador had ever come to his dream of owning a car was to acquire an old rusting set of truck wheels, which he set tenderly behind the house.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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Chemistry - High School
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