blight
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The WOW-funded campaign directly discloses that they oppose the billboard blight ballot initiative in financial filings with the California secretary of state.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Philip Duffy, the EA's chief executive, said waste crime was a "serious blight" on both local communities and the environment.
From BBC • May 22, 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
I knew that to Grigori, what had resembled a blight had probably been a modest building from the outside, so as to avoid making a target of itself.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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