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blighted

[blahy-tid] / ˈblaɪ tɪd /






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Blighted are the plans and hopes of thousands of young people who took part in the upheavals of the past 10 years.

From US News • Jul. 1, 2016

Blighted by it today is more than half the nation's land surface�approximately 1,700,000 sq. mi. in 26 states.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blighted urban areas now account for more than 8%, compared with 2.5% in 1964.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blighted Areas Raised above the ruck of workaday unfortunates by the special quality of their afflictions were two people: Jack-of-All-Theatrics Orson Welles and Jill-of-All-Parties Elsa Maxwell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two Blighted Beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon.

From Fantastic Fables by Bierce, Ambrose




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