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In Shasta and Nevada counties, flecks of ink marring the bar codes printed on some ballots prevented voting machines made by Hart InterCivic from correctly reading those ballots.

Recently, a new implant in her left vocal cord has fixed the squeaky whisper marring her speech for four years.

Mass production by agribusinesses is marring the environment, while monoculture farming practices are giving deadly pathogens a biological edge.

Previous quests have been derailed by weather delays, full rainouts, mechanical problems and late arrivals all marring an inflexibly tight schedule.

Add criminal tightrope walking to the list of problems besieging Oceanwide Plaza, the unfinished, bankrupt, vandalized, graffitied towers marring the skyline of downtown Los Angeles.