carbuncle

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He famously described an extension to London's National Gallery in 1984 as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2022

In 1984, he famously ridiculed a proposed extension to the National Gallery as a “monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.”

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

“The Baltimore justice system is a cesspool,” the McCanns wrote to Hogan, “a foul carbuncle benighting the people of Baltimore and Maryland.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2018

"What is proposed seems to me a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," the prince said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2016

He had a developing carbuncle on the back of his neck and the skin from the inside of an eggshell stretched over it to draw it to a head.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck