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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

Rasmussen lasted through the seventh inning, leaving that home run as the only blemish on his outing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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

Late Monday, Sagimet announced that young adults showed increased clearance of their blemishes when they stayed on its pill for a year.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

But the record of 85-year-old Mutharika has its own blemishes, from corruption allegations to the debacle that ended his first presidency.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

His only blemishes in that time were repeated disappointments in the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025

There were little boys, fair, dark, freckled, and all dirty, but their faces were all dreadfully free of major blemishes.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

The two hour and 15 minute show, blemished only by some occasionally muddy sound, touched on mortality a number of times.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

But it was not to be: His record was too blemished.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023

Its face is full and round, skin blemished with craters, and white as milk.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

Meanwhile, Winston passed for and NFL-leading 5,109 yards and 33 passing touchdowns with Tampa Bay in 2019 — albeit with 30 interceptions blemishing those otherwise exceptional numbers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

Washington got one Tuesday night when it toppled the Golden State Warriors, 112-108, blemishing the record of the best team in basketball.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2017

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 Steele, Robert