blemish
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One blemish on the chart was the failed breakout above the $133.47 cup-with-handle pivot on May 19.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
His only blemish remains a draw with Frazer Clarke, a result he emphatically avenged with a first-round stoppage.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
And in a culture so hellbent on idol worship and exhausting discourse, where every blemish is smoothed out or screamed at, “SNL” still offers us something scrappy and unvarnished.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
The only blemish is a silver medal finish at the Grand Prix Final.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
This blemish was odd enough for a young lady still in her twenties.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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Coating cools while dripping from an arm, smiles askew send mixed signals, smeared eyes like they’d been up late partying with the tarts, blemishes, cracked sugary skin.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
Late Monday, Sagimet announced that young adults showed increased clearance of their blemishes when they stayed on its pill for a year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
His only blemishes in that time were repeated disappointments in the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
In large amounts, fluoride causes unsightly blemishes on teeth, and it may even have some negative health consequences.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
There were little boys, fair, dark, freckled, and all dirty, but their faces were all dreadfully free of major blemishes.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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That record is blemished by his removal from an assignment based on his Francis-like tendencies, which may have had a hand in his failure to rise above the lowest of the U.S.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
But the history is checkered and the beauty is blemished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2024
The two hour and 15 minute show, blemished only by some occasionally muddy sound, touched on mortality a number of times.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
But it was not to be: His record was too blemished.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2023
“This carpet is made of fine hand-woven unicorn hair—shed not shaven—and it will not be blemished by the likes of you!”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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The ruckus is blemishing what had been a successful period for Ukraine’s military, which has stopped some Russian advances and even regained a bit of territory over recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Senate when she died, and questions about her mental capacity shadowed her final years in office, blemishing her reputation and forcing her to repeatedly fend off calls to resign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Meanwhile, Winston passed for and NFL-leading 5,109 yards and 33 passing touchdowns with Tampa Bay in 2019 — albeit with 30 interceptions blemishing those otherwise exceptional numbers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
But the defence, along with the team as a whole, improved markedly after half-time and never looked like blemishing only their second clean sheet of the season after the break.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2016
The apple-worm ruins the crop by killing many of the fruits and by blemishing the remainder.
From The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
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