A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ROTS

Fri, 12 Jul '24
Turns, perhaps
Sun, 26 May '24
Breaks down
Sun, 6 Aug '23
Turns, in a sense
Thu, 22 Dec '22
Goes bad
Sun, 3 Jul '22
Doesn't keep
Tue, 7 Jun '22
Goes bad
Sun, 21 Nov '21
Goes to hell