blight

NCST, a nonprofit that aims to boost affordable housing and fight neighborhood blight, praised provisions related to preservation and rehabilitation.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

The pandemic was and is a blight on compassion.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

This market-driven renewal filled vacant lots and derelict sites, reduced blight, converted nonperforming parcels into taxpaying assets and created billions of dollars in new wealth for existing homeowners, with little evidence of widespread displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

This pothole was merely one of more than a million that blight our roads.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

The longer the Nogtail is left undetected and the bigger it grows, the longer the blight on the farm into which it has entered.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

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

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

She added: "We do need to tackle at source these kind of behaviours that are blights on our community."

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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

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

They blighted his two-year tenure, after he led his party to victory in 2024 elections following 14 years in opposition.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

A midnight curfew was introduced following an Ashes tour blighted by off-field problems, but ambiguities around the curfew were a factor in the nightclub controversy involving Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Burnham would inherit an economy blighted by low productivity, rising borrowing costs and an aging population.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

“I see. I don’t suppose any of us should have that responsibility for the blighted towns in the north of England?”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

Hungry mothers, dirty wards and poor care are blighting England's maternity services while staff receive death threats for working in some units, according to a new report.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

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