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blot on the landscape





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One complainant called the plans "a blot on the landscape" with another accusing the applicant of "considerable removal of existing hedgerow on the site".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023

For many villagers, who moved to Ashalim for a flawless desert view, it was a considerable blot on the landscape.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

“Such investments will soon be stranded assets, a blot on the landscape and a blight on investment portfolios.”

From The Verge ● Apr. 4, 2022

But like Bastion itself, the detention facility Britain has erected within its walls has become a blot on the landscape.

From Time ● May 30, 2013

I want the place to be an object of beauty, not the blot on the landscape that such buildings often prove.

From A Popular Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon




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