blight
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“Defendant’s conduct is a blight on law enforcement, and its harm extends beyond his own misconduct,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 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
While many saw blight at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Holbrook Street, a local artist saw opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
People had begun leaving in 1913, when the phylloxera blight ruined the currants.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
"We've committed to addressing the speed of play," Monahan said as he announced working group recommendations that will be implemented to try to erase one of the sport's biggest blights.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
Much of Western Europe is going through its wettest spring in living memory and even in early June, land lays unsown and blights are ravaging the lands, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
Niger has been ruled for three years by a military junta that has struggled to contain jihadist violence, which has blighted the west African country for around a decade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Back pain is one of the UK's most common conditions that has blighted millions over generations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
When Melton became mayor in 2024, he said he sought advice from Detroit’s then-mayor, Mike Duggan, who had helped revitalize his city by eliminating blighted buildings and curbing the population exodus.
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
In the autumn of 1981, with three million unemployed and with riots blighting a number of inner city areas, Tebbit made the speech for which he will always be remembered.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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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