rusty
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Oklahoma City gave them a rusty, tin-man version of SGA for a game and continued playing without his injured co-star Jalen Williams.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
I do think I was a little bit rusty after a pretty long layoff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The proverbial wheels of justice grind at an almost unbelievably rusty pace, leaving Nick facing the prospect of imminent death for 22 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
Not dried a rusty brown like on his shoulder, but fresh.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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