blight
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In recent years, residents have struggled with blight and property crime, according to Matson, who sits on Newberry Springs’ local government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Yesterday, we asked how cities with blight problems should fix them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It was triggered by potato blight which spread across Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
They added: "Homicides are at their lowest level in almost 50 years, theft and other offences that blight local areas are also falling, while charges are going up significantly."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
I wish we could point to a new robust corner of Minnehaha and Lake Street where the condemned Third Precinct still blights the corner, but we can’t.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
For the first time, digital data was available that allowed preventive action: spotting tree blights in early stages or providing comprehensive information on watersheds for crop planning and flood protection.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
She added: "We do need to tackle at source these kind of behaviours that are blights on our community."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2023
Mars has no insects, parasites, or blights to deal with, and the Hab maintains perfect growing temperature and moisture at all times.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
I know that firsthand, having grown up without economic privilege and having worked in neighborhoods blighted by socioeconomic hardship.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
They were protesting a fuel price hike and a free school meals programme that was blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Back pain is one of the UK's most common conditions that has blighted millions over generations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since then they have knocked down 115 blighted homes, helping trigger new construction and renovations on those blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“I see. I don’t suppose any of us should have that responsibility for the blighted towns in the north of England?”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Slavery shaped the Americas for four centuries, blighting the entire hemisphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
Responding to the data, policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said the government "will not tolerate the criminality blighting our communities".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
Next time you feel like littering, think of the bird you may harm and the beauty you are blighting.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
This I had believed with all my being, but now, though still inwardly affirming that belief, I felt a blighting hurt which prevented me from trying further to defend myself.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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