blighted
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But, having targeted last winter's Ashes throughout the previous years, the regime came under intense scrutiny in Australia during a tour blighted by poor on-field performances, off-field issues and inadequate preparation.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
On a frigid January day Ms. Kozma drove me around a dense industrial area, pointing out how factory construction has blighted the landscape and disrupted traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
O’Brien is right, we desperately need hope, something to hold onto when the world and the film industry are at their most bleak and blighted.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026
Mero, in collaboration with fellow street artist Wild Life, has turned the blighted space into a fantastical haven with a knight, a dragon and more — a decaying castle from a bygone era.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
Nothing prospered there in Hearth or tilth, all being blighted with illness, the spring seed frozen in the ground or the ripe grain rotten, and so it had been for many years.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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