blight
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This pothole was merely one of more than a million that blight our roads.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“The urban blight has become so bad,” said Andy Heyward, chief executive of the animation company Kartoon Studios.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
I recently wrote about all the blight around City Hall, including the graffiti-tagged monument and fountain that has been inoperable for most of the last 60 years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Mary’s presence is a malignancy, a blight on the name that Sam has worked so hard to build, an identity that’s separate from Mary’s and secure in its solitude.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
We had not known of plastic when I was a boy, and though it surely improved life in some ways, its presence in Qunu appeared to me to be a kind of blight.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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