blight
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So if everyone hates the light blight, why do cities keep installing it?
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
"These measures will ensure we stay one step ahead of waste criminals and protect the communities, businesses and environment that they blight," he added.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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
‘It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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