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eyesore

[ahy-sawr, ahy-sohr] / ˈaɪˌsɔr, ˈaɪˌsoʊr /


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Since then, the site has sat empty and become an eyesore, said Chito Vela, an Austin city council member whose district includes the project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

South L.A. locals say the Destination Crenshaw project has become disruptive and an eyesore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Once a neighbourhood eyesore, Heuermann's childhood home now draws the media and true crime obsessives.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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

Grigori’s words passed through my head: An eyesore of rotten wood, stacked haphazardly, without taste or culture.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

But festering eyesores are everywhere, as Bass herself indicated when she called in to KTLA-TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Now, a small number of builders are on a mission to ensure that new data centers don’t have to be eyesores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The ordinance isn’t a mechanism to remove mere eyesores, but a way to remove buildings that are open and unsafe.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

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

The hills and valleys around were eyesores and aching pits, and I never loved them till I left them.

From The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London


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