blighted
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Raducanu, who starts her French Open campaign against Argentina's Solana Sierra on Sunday, has been blighted by injuries and illness in recent years.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
For thousands of young fans, who swarmed the band’s outlaw concerts under blighted freeways during the pandemic, Dead City are a cathartic social phenomenon that’s reignited a riotous punk rock subculture in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Howe, too, recognised they were "incredible numbers", which had "blighted" Newcastle's season.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
On a frigid January day Ms. Kozma drove me around a dense industrial area, pointing out how factory construction has blighted the landscape and disrupted traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The proudest city in all the world was gone in an instant, its fabled empire vanished in a day, the Lands of the Long Summer scorched and drowned and blighted.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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