ugliness

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Appeared in the October 24, 2025, print edition as 'The Ugliness After the Shutdown'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Ugliness and unease lurk behind pretty much every front door.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018

Even if its concept changes through the ages, nevertheless a beautiful object must always follow certain rules … Ugliness is unpredictable and offers an infinite range of possibilities.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2015

Ugliness afflicts other neighborhoods and business districts as well.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2014

He said, “I’m busy greeting my friends,” and he nodded to Discourtesy and Ugliness and Unfilial Conduct and Unkempt Fingernails.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck