eyesore
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South L.A. locals say the Destination Crenshaw project has become disruptive and an eyesore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
However, Michael McNally said the current building was "a bit of an eyesore".
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
They hoped it would rid them of what they consider both an eyesore and an environmental hazard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
"It has been an eyesore for a number of years," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Eros is not so much an eyesore, it turns out, as just too much noise.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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But festering eyesores are everywhere, as Bass herself indicated when she called in to KTLA-TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Tearing down the eyesores “sparked a new energy and sense of pride,” said Wiseman, who lives in nearby Portage, Ind. ‘It was like a chain reaction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
If fashion is a storyteller, what are these eyesores trying to tell us?
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
He spoke glowingly about his father’s early years as a Manhattan developer, his work turning eyesores into thriving skyscrapers, and the “vision he had to do things differently.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The hills and valleys around were eyesores and aching pits, and I never loved them till I left them.
From The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London
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