eyesores

plural of eyesore
as in messes
something unpleasant to look at the old abandoned house was a neighborhood eyesore

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Recent Examples of eyesores While some can look like eyesores in an otherwise handsome backyard, this one adds tons of charm. Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 Cover up any household eyesores using a tension rod and a curtain cut to size. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2026 Anything with a trellis attached to the back is a great way to hide taller outdoor eyesores or look for options on wheels. Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 21 June 2026 Two eyesores immediately leap at any sensible person with a soul. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 Overnight, one of pet ownership’s most stubborn little eyesores had an architectural solution. Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026 Schools are taking parking lots and eyesores and developing them into districts where people live, work or play — ideally all three — beyond six or seven home games a year. Matt Baker, New York Times, 12 May 2026 If the several buildings the report says Taxpayer 1 was delinquent on taxes included, say, a bar or ramshackle eyesores, that will look like something other than Stewart extending kindness to a stranger. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 Indeed, back in the 1990s and 2000s, municipalities across the country were happily demolishing Brutalist eyesores made to house the poor. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
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Noun
  • Wiping off surfaces, opening curtains, making beds, and tidying messes were all in a day’s work but, that’s where the fun began.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
  • Among my favorite finds, there’s a collagen-boosting serum from Medicube, eyelet maxi dress that can be worn to brunch and the office, and a cordless Shark vacuum that makes quick work of pet messes.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities.
    Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
  • Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Many of its founding members had seen the horrors of World War I up close (Breton and several others had served in the French army) and blamed their fathers’ generation for the carnage.
    Susan Rubin Suleiman, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Netflix is releasing a new game show, one that combines the popularity of Squid Game, the timeless charms of the live-action Wonka experience, and the unwanted ubiquity of technofascist horrors beyond our comprehension.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 30 June 2026

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