blight

Example Sentences

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The decaying structures can invite pests and become a blight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

What struck me instead is how ably Garbus presents what Rupert Murdoch and men like him have wrought as not just a blight on society but a pox on all our houses, including his own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The trial is just the latest in a long line of controversies to blight the once-revered abode, which is currently owned by developer Steven “Bo” Belmont, CEO of “real estate crowdfunding firm” Belwood Investments.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

But for opponents they are an ugly, obstructive blight on Britain's urban landscape.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

When full of flowers they would doubtless look pretty; but now, at the latter end of January, all was wintry blight and brown decay.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë