blighted
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Meanwhile, county prosecutor John McKinney tapped into voter frustration with homeless encampments, a blighted downtown and general distrust of City Hall to pull off a last-minute heist of the second runoff spot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
In this blended, blighted family, fear has a different hold on Niall, played as an adolescent by Mitchell Robertson.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
For thousands of young fans, who swarmed the band’s outlaw concerts under blighted freeways during the pandemic, Dead City are a cathartic social phenomenon that’s reignited a riotous punk rock subculture in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Howe, too, recognised they were "incredible numbers", which had "blighted" Newcastle's season.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
It was a blighted, hellish place full of noise and dust and smoke and inhuman towers that blocked the sun, and she hated it—hated especially this gloomy building and the ceaseless clamor of construction.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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