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rotting

  • present participle of rot.

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With songs like Freak On A Leash and Rotting In Vain, American nu metal band Korn didn't seem to have much of a grip on a life of piety.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Rotting garbage seeped onto their skin and clothes.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Rotting food is rich in germs, any of which a fly can pick up on their body and transfer to where it next lands.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2023

Rotting carcasses of striped bass, bat rays and other fish have been washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, after a toxic algae bloom spread across the area.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022

Rotting wooden doors hung off rusted hinges, and there were half-collapsed rooms filled with moldering tables and chairs.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss