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Recent Examples of blemish
Noun
Wood's only blemish was a 2-out double hit by Justin Nadeau. Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025 The lone blemish was another homer by Beck, a solo shot in the sixth. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Thelwell’s record at Everton is by no means blemish free. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Denver looked set to blemish the Chiefs’ undefeated campaign, until Wil Lutz’s 35-yarder was stuffed at the line. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blemish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blemish
Noun
  • Isaac soon betrays and murders the soldiers, including Peck's character, and defects to the Washington Liberation Front.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 6 May 2025
  • In the new suit, lawyers for the board presented a detailed explanation of defects in the tower that emerged from the start.
    Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Verb
  • Sadly, the price of an alternative school was too high, and she was forced to send her children to public schools marred by gang violence and bullying.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Oracle has struggled with a thorny, years-long EHR rollout with the Department of Veterans Affairs, marred by patient safety concerns.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • All of the 37 public hospitals in Khartoum have been severely damaged and looted, Saad said.
    Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 16 May 2025
  • Without being able to urinate it out, like healthy people do, the ammonia would build up and damage first his brain and then his whole body.
    Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • This fungal disease causes yellow blotches on pumpkins, tomato leaves, squash and cucumbers.
    Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The butterflies themselves are nearly gone, but the ink has left three blotches down her arm.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The decision paves the way for Rose and Jackson — two of baseball’s greatest players whose legacies were tainted by gambling — to gain admittance to the Hall of Fame.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
  • The defense, however, could again argue that the jury was tainted to the point that an instruction won’t fix the problem.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Two people were injured and a dozen apartments left uninhabitable following an early morning fire Wednesday at a three-story apartment building, the second residential fire in Elgin in less than a week.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • According to the Associated Press, no one was injured during the incident, citing court documents.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Shaved her head, grappled with surgery scars and bald spots.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Overall rejuvenation is the goal, with issues like fine lines, early-stage sagging, large pores or acne scars being targeted.
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 3 May 2025
Verb
  • Water can stain or fade many silk fabrics, leaving a permanent mark if it isn't taken care of quickly.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
  • Tuesday’s attack – during which men were singled out and gunned down from close range, according to survivors’ testimony – was the latest in a list of bloody incidents to stain the region.
    Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Blemish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blemish. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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