eyesore
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They hoped it would rid them of what they consider both an eyesore and an environmental hazard.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
To the east, the city’s Department of Transportation plaza is a fenced-off eyesore.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Once a neighbourhood eyesore, Heuermann's childhood home now draws the media and true crime obsessives.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
The community -- which has long caught the eye of writers, travellers and NGOs but is seen as an eyesore by the government -- faced similar demolitions in 2005 and 2012.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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