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Perhaps if Short weren’t associated with a detective noir masterpiece, she would never have become a useful metaphor for the corruption and rot associated with Hollywood and Los Angeles, or an eternal enigma.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Spoiled vegetables rot in corners, while food counters show signs of pest infestation.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The word "rot" is clearly an exaggeration, but new research suggests that heavy television viewing may still have meaningful consequences for brain health.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Everything the man is touching nowadays turns into gold for him and rot for the rest of us, a curse any smart person would avoid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Ripe grain went unharvested; unpicked orchard fruits were left in trees to rot as communities fled from the invaders.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

"I figure it'll probably disintegrate and probably nobody will ever hear it, that's what bothers me... if it rots in there before they open it."

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

In addition, as it rots, the wasted food emits in the U.S. alone over 4 million metric tons of methane – a heat-trapping greenhouse gas.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025

The allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

The installation - which has travelled around the world - comes with instructions on how to replace the banana whenever it rots.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

They carried lice and ringworm and leeches and paddy algae and various rots and molds.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

The building was storing millions of pounds of fresh and frozen food such as meat, bread and seafood that rotted after the blaze, prompting complaints, citations and lawsuits over foul odors and pests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Parts were found to have rotted away from damp and the sheets were placed between sheets of glass in a bid to preserve them.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Her contorted expression is rotted by anguish, as though life’s unbearable burdens have laid waste to their latest victim.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

There were three bedrooms upstairs, Erma said, but no one had been to the second floor in nigh on ten years, because the floorboards were rotted through.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

A rotting carpet of familiar fan-shaped leaves soon surrounded the tree, a sight so alarming Jung and her neighbours formed a crew of amateur detectives to solve the mystery: what was ailing their hardy ginkgo?

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In Tanji, home to The Gambia's largest fish landing, the stench of rotting catch is becoming an issue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lally said the weekend's fly-tipping was "one of the worst examples that we have come across", but it was not unusual to find discarded BBQs, beer cans and rotting food.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Since then, the company has been working to remove approximately 88 million pounds of rotting food, including meat and fish that was stored inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

She sprinted to the hut and grabbed her wagon; dumped in the shark, slimy and rotting.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr