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eyesore

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


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Over half of it will be elevated -- a major concern for Alexandrians who fear the tree-lined track will be replaced by eyesore concrete stilts.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the blighted Oceanwide Plaza has been an eyesore for too long due to failed ownership,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

For five years Radisson's G&V Hotel, on the corner of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and George IV Bridge, has been a plastic-wrapped eyesore.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Spending $8,000 to repave it does seem like a lot of money up front, but perhaps the reason your agent is pushing for this update is that it’s kind of an eyesore.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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