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eyesore

[ahy-sawr, ahy-sohr] / ˈaɪˌsɔr, ˈaɪˌsoʊr /


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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

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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