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is rotting

  • present progressive
    of rot (3rd person singular).
    rot
    verb (used without object)
    to undergo decomposition; decay.

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Now he says he feels as though he is "rotting away for no reason" in a hospital room.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Before our kids even learn the alphabet, we hand them tablets, and we know from neurological imagery that it is rotting their brains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

In the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, a driver had told AFP on Monday that "fruit is rotting" in trucks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

How fitting, then, that grief is rotting Karsh’s teeth right out of his head.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

The wood is rotting in spots, not to mention covered in graffiti and gnawed away on the corners by forest animals.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King