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
Another eyesore home defeat, this time to Gloucester, cut them adrift of the top eight and a European spot for next season.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Downtown Los Angeles’ infamous eyesore is one step closer to being cleaned out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
I say: "We're not asking for money. We're not asking for anything but permission to remove an eyesore and transform a communal place. It would be an improvement."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
As for the perception that storage facilities are eyesores?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
If fashion is a storyteller, what are these eyesores trying to tell us?
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
He spoke glowingly about his father’s early years as a Manhattan developer, his work turning eyesores into thriving skyscrapers, and the “vision he had to do things differently.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
He described his father, who was not present in court, as someone who was on the leading edge of creating value in properties and could turn "eyesores" into "jewels".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
To-day, in company with the Americans, they build iron and steel abominations which are eyesores which no amount of utility will ever induce one to really admire.
From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
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