| Goes bad |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2025 |
| Decomposes, as fruits or vegetables |
|
|
| Goes bad |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Stays at home doing zilch |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Goes bad |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Decays (4) |
Mirror Quick |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Goes off to sort out (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Goes bad, as apples |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Goes bad |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Tors decomposes lanes) (4) |
|
|
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Decays |
Commuter |
22 May 2025 |
| Decays over time |
|
|
| Goes to hell |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Goes bad, as produce |
|
|
| Goes off |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Turns very bad |
|
|
| Goes bad, as fruit |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2025 |
| In a way it sort of decays |
|
|
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
27 Feb 2025 |
| Goes off |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Spoils |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2025 |
| Breaks down |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Becomes rancid |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Doesn't keep |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Becomes compost |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Put back in store, doesn't keep well (4) |
|
|
| Decays |
Universal |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Universal |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Degenerates |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
27 Dec 2024 |
| Breaks down in a compost bin |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Goes off, or protests, when the pets are taken away from (4) |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
Universal |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Decomposes |
Mirror Classic |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Gets in a bad state |
|
|
| Turns to compost |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2024 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Languishes: slang |
|
|
| Deteriorates, like old wood |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Breaks down, in a way |
|
|
| Turns bad, say |
|
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| Goes off (food) (4) |
|
|
| Goes bad |
Universal |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Breaks down |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2024 |
| Decomposes |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Tors decomposes (finals) (4) |
|
|
| Decomposes |
Mirror Classic |
05 Sep 2024 |
| Decays(4) |
|
|
| Tors decomposes (anag) (4) |
|
|
| Goes bad |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Aug 2024 |
| *Orange foods |
Universal |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Goes bad |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Spoils |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Turns, perhaps |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Sits in the compost bin |
Universal |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Breaks down |
New York Times |
26 May 2024 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
23 May 2024 |
| *Moves at a moderate pace |
Universal |
10 May 2024 |
| ... becomes corrupt (4) |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2024 |
| Molders |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2024 |
| Wastes away |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Becomes compost |
Universal |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Decomposes, as old fruit does |
|
|
| Sort out decays |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Decays |
Mirror Quick |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Decays |
Family Time |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Goes bad, as apples |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Goes bad |
TV |
24 Mar 2024 |
| It decays like some carrots |
|
|
| Decays or putrefies |
|
|
| Decomposes |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Goes bad |
Commuter |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Decays |
Family Time |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Becomes inedible |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Doesn't keep |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Decomposes |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Sort it out before it decays |
|
|
| Breaks down |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Decays |
Commuter |
06 Jan 2024 |
| Goes bad |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Turns |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Doesn't keep |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Turns bad |
Universal |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Turns, in a sense |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2023 |
| Goes bad, as food |
Newsday |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Breaks down |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jul 2023 |
| Becomes inedible |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Goes bad |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Goes bad, as an apple |
Newsday |
30 May 2023 |
| Becomes inedible |
Newsday |
16 May 2023 |
| Goes green, maybe? |
Universal |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Becomes compost |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2023 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Decays, as food |
|
|
| Decomposes |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Decays |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Decomposes |
Universal |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Goes bad |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Goes bad, as an apple |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Decomposes |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2022 |
| Decomposes |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Breaks down |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Oct 2022 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Decays |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Biodegrades |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Decays |
Universal |
13 Aug 2022 |
| Decomposes |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Goes bad |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Turns rancid |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Doesn't keep |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Becomes inedible |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Goes bad |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Becomes inedible, in a way |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
Universal |
30 May 2022 |
| Decays |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Becomes a bad apple, say |
Universal |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Goes bad, as food |
|
|
| Goes bad |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Breaks down |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Breaks down |
The Washington Post |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Decomposes |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Breaks down |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Deteriorates |
Premier Sunday |
21 Nov 2021 |
| Becomes inedible |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Goes bad |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Becomes inedible |
Universal |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2021 |
| Goes bad |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2021 |
| Goes bad |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2021 |
| Turns to compost |
USA Today |
09 May 2021 |
| Decomposes |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 May 2021 |
| Decays, as wood |
Family Time |
02 May 2021 |
| Turns into compost, say |
|
|
| What fruit eventually does |
Universal |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Goes bad |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| Becomes inedible |
Newsday |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Goes bad |
USA Today |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Reacts to weather and water, as wood, over time |
Family Time |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Spoils |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Goes bad |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Becomes inedible |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Breaks down |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Turns |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Turns |
The Washington Post |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Decays |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2020 |
| Decays |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Doesn't keep |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Wastes away |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Decays |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Deteriorates |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Spoils |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Decays |
|
|
| Moulders |
Family Time |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Experiences decay |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 May 2020 |
| Falls prey to decay |
Universal |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Turns colors, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Goes bad, as food |
|
|
| Goes bad |
Universal |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Goes bad |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Biodegrades, say |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Decomposes |
Universal |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Breaks down |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Breaks down |
The Washington Post |
08 Sep 2019 |
| Goes bad, like food |
|
|
| Decays |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Turns into compost |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Doesn't keep |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2019 |
| Becomes inedible |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2019 |
| Languishes in prison |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2019 |
| Decays |
Family Time |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Breaks down |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Turns in the fridge |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2019 |
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Breaks down |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
|
|
| Languishes in prison |
|
|
| Turns in the fridge |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Languishes in confinement |
|
|
| Goes bad |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Molders to nothing |
Universal |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Becomes bad |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Decays |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Decays |
The Washington Post |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Goes to seed |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Goes to seed |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Doesn't keep |
The Washington Post |
20 Oct 2018 |
| Doesn't keep |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2018 |
| Deteriorates |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Goes to seed |
Universal |
12 May 2018 |
| Turns into compost |
Jonesin |
08 May 2018 |
| Decays |
Canadiana |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Starts to smell |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2018 |
| Decays |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Molders to nothing |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Goes bad, like old fruit |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Decays |
Universal |
06 Nov 2017 |
| Goes bad, as an apple |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Disintegrates |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Breaks down |
Jonesin |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Turns rancid |
Premier Sunday |
21 May 2017 |
| Spoils badly |
New York Times |
12 May 2017 |
| Decomposes |
Jonesin |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Turns into compost |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
24 Mar 2017 |
| Falls into decay |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Becomes compost |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Becomes inedible, maybe |
USA Today |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Is no longer good |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Deteriorates and then some |
Universal |
31 Jan 2017 |
| Turns into compost |
|
|
| Falls into decay |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Deteriorates and then some |
|
|
| Is no longer good |
|
|
| Spoils badly |
|
|
| Disintegrates gradually |
Universal |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Becomes compost |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Spoils |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Becomes compost |
Universal |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Goes bad, as fruit |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Becomes inedible, in a way |
Universal |
13 Jul 2016 |
| Disintegrates |
Universal |
13 Jun 2016 |
| Breaks down |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2016 |
| Becomes compost |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Decays |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Becomes compost |
|
|
| Disintegrates gradually |
|
|
| Becomes compost |
|
|
| Becomes compost |
|
|
| Disintegrates |
|
|
| Becomes inedible, in a way |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Turns bad |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Deteriorates |
Universal |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Seriously deteriorates |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2015 |
| Decomposes |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2015 |
| Falls apart |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2015 |
| Deteriorates |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Putrefies |
USA Today |
30 May 2015 |
| Goes bad |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Turns rancid |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Seriously deteriorates |
|
|
| Falls apart |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Goes sour |
|
|
| Impaled "All That ___" |
|
|
| Goes past edible |
|
|
| Turns green, maybe |
|
|
| Breaks down |
|
|
| Putrefies |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Turns putrid |
|
|
| Goes to pot |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Turns into compost |
|
|
| Breaks down |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Breaks down, in a way |
|
|
| Goes sour |
|
|
| Disintegrates |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Falls into decay |
|
|
| Disintegrates |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Becomes inedible, in a way |
|
|
| Goes off |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Disintegrates |
|
|
| Molders away |
|
|
| Goes rancid |
|
|
| Degenerates |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Goes to waste |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Putrefies |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
|
|
| Gets inedible |
|
|
| Turns bad |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Crumbles |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Goes to the dogs |
|
|
| Languishes in the lockup |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Addles |
|
|
| Withers |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Turns sour |
|
|
| Turns to mush |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Fails to keep |
|
|
| Gets spoiled |
|
|
| Gets spoiled |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Turns |
|
|
| Degenerates |
|
|
| Goes to hell |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Goes bad, as fruit |
|
|
| Turns |
|
|
| Turns into compost |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Molders away |
|
|
| Turns |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Sours |
|
|
| Goes bad, as fruit |
|
|
| Breaks down, in a way |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
|
|
| Turns |
|
|
| Sours |
|
|
| Fails to keep |
|
|
| Falls apart |
|
|
| Turns sour |
|
|
| Makes the fridge stink, perhaps |
|
|
| Makes a stink? |
|
|
| Raises a stink? |
|
|
| Makes a stink? |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Becomes inedible |
|
|
| Makes a stink? |
|
|
| Fails to keep |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Undergoes moral decay |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Putrefies |
|
|
| Corrodes |
|
|
| Debauches |
|
|
| Crumbles up |
|
|
| Fails to keep |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Breaks down |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Gets gangrenous |
|
|
| Goes to pot |
|
|
| Raises a stink? |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Corrupts |
|
|
| Fouls |
|
|
| Doesn't keep? |
|
|
| Goes to pot |
|
|
| Wastes away |
|
|
| Breaks down, in a way |
|
|
| Turns rancid |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Degenerates |
|
|
| Degenerates |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Makes a stink? |
|
|
| Goes off |
|
|
| Breaks down |
|
|
| Doesn't keep |
|
|
| Languishes in confinement |
|
|
| Wastes away |
|
|
| Gets spoiled |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Moulders |
|
|
| Withers on the vine |
|
|
| Decomposes |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Falls apart |
|
|
| Goes to seed |
|
|
| Falls apart, in a way |
|
|
| Goes bad |
|
|
| Languishes |
|
|
| Goes to the dogs |
|
|
| Turns |
|
|
| Gets spoiled |
|
|
| Becomes compost |
|
|
| Goes to waste |
|
|
| Deteriorates |
|
|
| Languishes |
|
|
| Molders |
|
|
| Degenerates |
|
|
| Stagnates |
|
|
| Putrefies |
|
|
| Erodes |
|
|
| Hurdy-gurdies |
|
|
| Addles |
|
|
| Decays |
|
|
| Putrifies |
|
|
| Plant diseases |
|
|
| Deteriorates. |
|
|
| Decays. |
|
|
| Spoils |
|
|
| Corrupts. |
|
|
| Putrefies. |
|
|
| Wastes away. |
|
|
| Decomposes. |
|
|
| Spoils. |
|
|
| Goes to pot. |
|
|
| Goes to ruin. |
|
|
| Goes bad. |
|
|
| Undergoes decomposition. |
|
|