blighted
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Blighted are the plans and hopes of thousands of young people who took part in the upheavals of the past 10 years.
From US News • Jul. 1, 2016
Blighted by it today is more than half the nation's land surface�approximately 1,700,000 sq. mi. in 26 states.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Blighted urban areas now account for more than 8%, compared with 2.5% in 1964.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Blighted Areas Raised above the ruck of workaday unfortunates by the special quality of their afflictions were two people: Jack-of-All-Theatrics Orson Welles and Jill-of-All-Parties Elsa Maxwell.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Two Blighted Beings, haggard, lachrymose, and detested, met on a blasted heath in the light of a struggling moon.
From Fantastic Fables by Bierce, Ambrose
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