rusty
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Asked about which dinosaurs he’d hope to see in the movie, Choudhury lists off several that I have to look up, rusty from my years away from textbooks.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Today it is home to an empty airstrip and the rusty remains of buildings, vehicles and hundreds of fuel drums, nicknamed American flowers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
During this, the Moon can turn a rusty red colour, which is where it gets it nickname, the Blood Moon.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Whatever malevolent energy had been powering them was shut off, and they broke apart in screeching showers of rusty confetti.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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