carbuncle
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The then Prince of Wales described a proposed extension of London's National Gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
The plan, included a modern-looking curved glass courtyard, was, according to Charles, “a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
He has also been criticised for forthright views on architecture, once calling a planned modernist extension to London's National Gallery a "carbuncle", and accused of "quackery" for his advocacy of alternative medicines.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2022
“The Baltimore justice system is a cesspool,” the McCanns wrote to Hogan, “a foul carbuncle benighting the people of Baltimore and Maryland.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2018
He had a developing carbuncle on the back of his neck and the skin from the inside of an eggshell stretched over it to draw it to a head.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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