blight

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

They added: "Homicides are at their lowest level in almost 50 years, theft and other offences that blight local areas are also falling, while charges are going up significantly."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

The Dead Period, when all my trees looked like they had been through a forest fire or a blight.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Mr Khan said that crime "blights lives" and it was "imperative" that victims were "treated with the utmost compassion, sensitivity and respect".

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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

Sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire will be assessed for clearance, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying the "toxic dumps have blighted communities for too long".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Back pain is one of the UK's most common conditions that has blighted millions over generations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Since then they have knocked down 115 blighted homes, helping trigger new construction and renovations on those blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

“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

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

Anderson said he set up the debate on antisocial behaviour because it "destroys and ruins lives" and was blighting "every constituency throughout our great country".

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 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