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something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside
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Noun
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Other defects ranged from below-code electrical wiring, lighting, fire protection and egress to stairs, sprinklers, fire caulking and emergency lighting.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Sophie has championed charities that combat sight defects and conditions around the world.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile, Benedict and Sophie fade into the background, especially amid the bizarrely split season, which harms the show’s pacing and its central romantic tension.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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Burning fossil fuels also harms human health and creates smog that clouds views from Colorado’s beloved mountains.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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There were punishments, too, leaving scars and black eyes.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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In Southeast Michigan, those scars are buried deep beneath the glacial clay and concrete.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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These blotches are fairly plant friendly and produce what is known as algal leaf spot.—
Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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Photos show the Maratus australis spider, which has an intricate pattern of blue and brown blotches edged with bright teal and red-orange stripes.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Excess glucose also impairs our brain's functioning.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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On the other hand, chronic sleep deprivation impairs attention, disrupts decision-making and alters the hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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The approval marks yet another step towards concluding a lengthy search to find buyers for Prospect’s Connecticut hospitals — a process that often seemed on the brink of failure.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of other reviewers gave it high marks for quality, from the durable zippers to the protective corners.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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The meatpacking giant also charges workers when someone takes or damages their personal protective equipment and insists on a three-year agreement, the union said.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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To explore that possibility, researchers at University College London and Queen Square Analytics set out to look beyond symptoms and clinical labels and focus instead on the biological signals of how MS damages the brain.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Blights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blights. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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