blight
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"These measures will ensure we stay one step ahead of waste criminals and protect the communities, businesses and environment that they blight," he added.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
What struck me instead is how ably Garbus presents what Rupert Murdoch and men like him have wrought as not just a blight on society but a pox on all our houses, including his own.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
The trial is just the latest in a long line of controversies to blight the once-revered abode, which is currently owned by developer Steven “Bo” Belmont, CEO of “real estate crowdfunding firm” Belwood Investments.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Top-down org charts are a blight, but one artificial intelligence will put an end to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
As if the blight was our fault and we wanted the crops to rot in the fields and had planned all along not to pay the rent to the lord of our cottage.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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