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His blemish was missing out on the really big score that would have made it impossible for the selectors to leave him out when Bethell returns.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

But even if QXO and other laggards in the fund don’t rebound soon, it’s just a tiny blemish on what’s been a solid run of success for Malbon and her colleagues at Patient Capital.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

While Topgolf left a blemish on the record of Callaway, the company is still a dominant player, with the No. 2 U.S. market share in both clubs and balls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

And in a culture so hellbent on idol worship and exhausting discourse, where every blemish is smoothed out or screamed at, “SNL” still offers us something scrappy and unvarnished.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

She was popular, an only child, and by all accounts without blemish.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Coating cools while dripping from an arm, smiles askew send mixed signals, smeared eyes like they’d been up late partying with the tarts, blemishes, cracked sugary skin.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

Sure, there were blemishes to their 20-17 overtime victory at Chicago on Sunday night, just as their three-point win at Carolina had its wild-card warts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026

There were some blemishes on an otherwise solid print.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Whether it's trying to cover up blemishes, match your foundation to your skin tone or create a bold eye look, picking out the right colours is an important part of doing your make-up.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

As early as the week that followed, the glazed surface of conviction was not without its blemishes and hairline cracks.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

That record is blemished by his removal from an assignment based on his Francis-like tendencies, which may have had a hand in his failure to rise above the lowest of the U.S.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

But the history is checkered and the beauty is blemished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2024

We’ve developed creative ways to mitigate waste, finding secondary uses for produce that’s past its prime—whether bent, broken, bruised, blemished, or overly ripe.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

Who has time to look at tier 1 capital ratios when you’re urgently shifting your cash to a bank with a less blemished recent history?

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

Instead I find myself staring into a pair of oceans—one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The ruckus is blemishing what had been a successful period for Ukraine’s military, which has stopped some Russian advances and even regained a bit of territory over recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Senate when she died, and questions about her mental capacity shadowed her final years in office, blemishing her reputation and forcing her to repeatedly fend off calls to resign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

He hasn’t lost in 16 fights since dropping a majority decision to Floyd Mayweather in 2013, with only a draw against Gennady Golovkin blemishing his record.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021

Brooks faced the minimum eight batters in 2⅔ innings, with only a hit batter blemishing his line.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2019

For in the eagle the spirit of sight is most temperate and most sharp in act and deed of seeing and beholding the sun in the roundness of its circle without blemishing of eyen.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele