rickety
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And it’s a much more rickety machine than it first appeared.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025
But her conceit that the Inter-Con’s trajectory can constitute, as the book’s subtitle asserts, “a people’s history of Afghanistan,” is rickety at best.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Diners enjoying the sunset at a beach-side restaurant - and the piles of rubbish along the rickety stairs to get there.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
They slept in rickety shacks, used communal bathrooms and showered in water that “was a very nice shade of brown,” Carter remembered with a laugh.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
As the others filed up the steps, I ducked beneath the rickety metal stairwell.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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