blight

Example Sentences

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What struck me instead is how ably Garbus presents what Rupert Murdoch and men like him have wrought as not just a blight on society but a pox on all our houses, including his own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The trial is just the latest in a long line of controversies to blight the once-revered abode, which is currently owned by developer Steven “Bo” Belmont, CEO of “real estate crowdfunding firm” Belwood Investments.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

American-grown chestnuts have been rare since a blight hit our native species over a century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham CBE, who was also at the protest, rejected the venue's claims and called it "a blight on the reputation of London's attractions".

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

South Shore hadn’t yet tilted the way other neighborhoods had—with the better-off people long departed for the suburbs, the neighborhood businesses closing one by one, the blight setting in—but the tilt was clearly beginning.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama