eyesore
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But for everyone else in the Studio City neighborhood with a view of the house, it is an eyesore and a hazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
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
Over half of it will be elevated -- a major concern for Alexandrians who fear the tree-lined track will be replaced by eyesore concrete stilts.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 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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Marlyn Castner, 71, who moved down from Portage, Mich., and bought a condo in 2022, said she considers such sights eyesores, along with recreational vehicles parked in yards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
“They came here and plowed up little spots in our parsters that air eyesores now,” one old cowman said, “and then beat it back East when they found it didn’t rain ’cordin’ ter schedule.
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
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