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Since the 1998 Ethiopian-Eritrean war and the closure of the border between the two countries, the Assab docks have been rusting away, while Ethiopia's trade has been channelled through neighbouring Djibouti.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Numerous pyramids of cannon balls are scattered about within the enclosure, and many old-fashioned guns have been rusting away in peace for the past decade.

From The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 by Various

But he forgot to tell me about this, and so the keys have been rusting unused in my official writing-table.

From The Chief Justice A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil

Some were fished from the bottom of the lake; some have been rusting in the woods since the discovery of the country; and some were never guns at all—mere privateersmen's playthings!

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore

Ah, you have been a fortunate fellow," he said; "you have seen much and enjoyed much; and I have been rusting in unhappiness at home.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various