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But even if QXO and other laggards in the fund don’t rebound soon, it’s just a tiny blemish on what’s been a solid run of success for Malbon and her colleagues at Patient Capital.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 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

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was a blemish, closing the day 1.8% lower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Their faces were so full of grace, so free of blemish, so perfect, that even today, even in the old black-and-white film, you can almost see the pink blush of their cheeks.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Brilliant as Wales were against North Macedonia, the performance was not without its blemishes.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

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

Sure, there were blemishes to their 20-17 overtime victory at Chicago on Sunday night, just as their three-point win at Carolina had its wild-card warts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026

Visible blemishes on the surface of the Sun seemed to be yet another nail in the coffin of Aristotelian heavenly perfection.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

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

You should know that I felt our dates were perfect, but the guilt and fear blemished them in a way I couldn’t explain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

Stared up at the full moon's blemished face.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

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

He hasn’t lost in 16 fights since dropping a majority decision to Floyd Mayweather in 2013, with only a draw against Gennady Golovkin blemishing his record.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 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

Bless God, therefore, if he hath kept thee from blotting and blemishing of thy profession; if thy conversation has not been stained with the blots and evils of the times.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan