as in to rot
to form rust
The old car was left to rust in the yard of the abandoned house.
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Recent Examples of rust
The steamer is made of durable material, including a stainless steel panel that’s resistant to rust and oxidation.
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 7 June 2025
Has rusting ever been an issue with other toothbrushes?
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The reef is uninhabited, except for a navy garrison stationed aboard a rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre, which the country deliberately grounded in 1999 to stake its claim.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Digital sunlight lit rice sacks, bones, rusted chains and debris.
—Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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Isabel Garcia, People.com, 7 June 2025
Has rusting ever been an issue with other toothbrushes?
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The reef is uninhabited, except for a navy garrison stationed aboard a rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre, which the country deliberately grounded in 1999 to stake its claim.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Digital sunlight lit rice sacks, bones, rusted chains and debris.
—Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rust
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Immigration enforcement operations on farms have left crops rotting and farm operations disrupted in major agricultural states including California, Texas, and Pennsylvania.—
Billal Rahman
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Avoid sodding shady spots during the rainy season to prevent decline due to rot problems.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Read Next National Son arrested two decades after dad found decomposing in NH home, officials say June 18, 2025 12:40 PM Read Next National 75-year-old found dead during welfare check, Delaware troopers say.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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Then there was the time in 1986 when vandals broke into a crypt and stole the decomposing head of a woman, which was found under a car outside the grounds.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Slapping tariffs of 25 percent on other countries on a whim, as Trump did to Canada and Mexico, corrodes the impact economic penalties have to punish real unlawful behavior.—
Oona A. Hathaway,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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In 1962, ahead of the prison's closing, the BOP determined the salt air was severely corroding the building.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
5 May 2025
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“Rust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rust. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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