blight
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“The urban blight has become so bad,” said Andy Heyward, chief executive of the animation company Kartoon Studios.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
So if everyone hates the light blight, why do cities keep installing it?
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The Forest of Dean could soon get its first drive through KFC, but Gloucestershire Live reported some residents were concerned it could "blight the area's beauty".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
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
Momma loved those stories, and when the paper would come we'd read them together, marveling over tales of a frontier untouched by the blight of the restless dead.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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