blight

Example Sentences

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The Netherlands is among a number of northern European nations to be blighted by drone sightings around military installations and airfields in recent months.

From BBC

American-grown chestnuts have been rare since a blight hit our native species over a century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

For 20 years the Home Office has been blighted with regular and well-documented failures to manage asylum seekers.

From BBC

It is a huge boost for Wood, one of the fastest bowlers to ever play for England, albeit in a 37-Test career that has been blighted by injuries.

From BBC

And then there’s that absurd Valor Memorial Park, not to mention the white supremacist and Christian nationalist politicians now blighting Washington, D.C.

From Los Angeles Times