blight

Hillingdon Council described the crime as a "blight" on the borough, and as a local authority, it had "allowed the problem to get bigger".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Defendant’s conduct is a blight on law enforcement, and its harm extends beyond his own misconduct,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

It was triggered by potato blight which spread across Europe.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The cost of Gary, Ind.’s blight elimination campaign, which includes demolishing part of the downtown, securing investment from local employers and resurrecting dormant neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Some force was keeping her there She couldn’t take her eyes from that narrow slit of blight.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

I wish we could point to a new robust corner of Minnehaha and Lake Street where the condemned Third Precinct still blights the corner, but we can’t.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025

To many, it’s ugly vandalism that blights the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024

He says the open-pit mine, situated 500m from his doorstep, blights people's lives by using explosives to blast away at the rock two or three times per week.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024

For the first time, digital data was available that allowed preventive action: spotting tree blights in early stages or providing comprehensive information on watersheds for crop planning and flood protection.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023

Mars has no insects, parasites, or blights to deal with, and the Hab maintains perfect growing temperature and moisture at all times.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

But the blighted, white-painted structure stood for more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

He introduced me to them as investors interested in the redevelopment of a blighted downtown property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I know that firsthand, having grown up without economic privilege and having worked in neighborhoods blighted by socioeconomic hardship.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

He announced that he would resign as prime minister and Labour Party leader in June after a string of scandals, missteps and policy U-turns blighted his leadership.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

The city made good on its promise to bulldoze blighted areas, demolishing thousands of derelict houses and hundreds of crumbling businesses in Hayti.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

He warned NEETs could rise to one in six young people, potentially blighting lives for decades.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Slavery shaped the Americas for four centuries, blighting the entire hemisphere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

Next time you feel like littering, think of the bird you may harm and the beauty you are blighting.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

And whether from its fumes or from the blighting of our hopes, my husband began to suffer again from rheumatism, and at the same time the old bouts of fever began.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya