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“The bill is allowing things to take place which could disfigure a city like Eagle Rock,” said Quackenbos.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

If a monster like their father can disfigure God, doesn’t his existence pose a threat to a world already under siege?

From Salon ● May 19, 2026

Repeated removal of the tendrils is needed, too, so they don’t disfigure the flowers or stems.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

He practiced the stunt five times at home, he said, and was convinced it would not disfigure the painting.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

He soon experienced the first shooting pains from the severe arthritis that would grotesquely disfigure his body.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A droll moment of introspection is offered when Gordon disfigures his face with tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

Ms. Robbie has it easier, thanks to her character’s inherent theatricality—this Elizabeth is a great beauty until smallpox disfigures her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2018

It also raises concerns about epizootic shell disease, which disfigures lobsters to the point that they can’t be sold.

From Washington Times ● May 13, 2018

An orange smear of paint disfigures the walkway next to a garden bench.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2018

It turns no fruitful field into a wilderness, and disfigures the landscape with no smouldering heaps of demolished habitations.

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph

Ms. Kobza’s opening chapters are disfigured by the melted wax of academic cant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

But several more are reported to be severely disfigured, making identification difficult.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei's message gave no indication of his own physical condition but the Pentagon said Friday he was "wounded" and "likely disfigured".

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Many of the victims were too disfigured to be identified, and 69 people had been labelled in Persian as John or Jane Doe, suggesting their identity was unknown when the photo was taken.

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

And there had been a sister who had died young under queer circumstances, and the fire that had disfigured his brother, and the hunting accident that had killed their father.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

And he grew that beard—initially to hide disfiguring dental surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

The first patient to receive facial scanning and burn mask treatment, after the 14-month period when Qaradaya’s rehab team was helpless to treat disfiguring facial burns, was a two-year-old child.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

An aspiring actor with a disfiguring facial condition has a radical medical procedure, drastically transforming his appearance.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

Affecting at least 130,000 Americans, prurigo nodularis causes dozens of extremely itchy and disfiguring bumps, usually on the chest, arms, and legs.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024

They were not crossed enough to be disfiguring, or even to be necessarily noticeable at first glance.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger