


These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2022 Doping allegations continue to blight Russia’s race-walking program-17 of its athletes have been banned for doping in the past few years-even as athletes from the program have dominated the world championships and Olympics. 2022 In the clinical world, consistency is king gaps in data can blight the reliability of any takeaways, or beleaguer analysis. Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, Challenges are based on worries that the vast arrays of turbines will interfere with fishing, obstruct naval exercises and blight views from summer houses.


Mark Sutherland, Variety, Baltimore Housing Commissioner Alice Kennedy praised the mayor for his commitment to blight prevention and pledged to keep working diligently to address the nearly 15,000 vacant houses in Baltimore. 2022 And these avatars certainly capture ABBA’s original exuberance, minus the Jurassic tendencies that tend to blight decades-after-the-fact reunions in the real world. 2022 The passenger caps have already prompted carriers to cancel more flights and halt some bookings-setbacks that are now set to blight the normally busy school breaks in the fall.īenjamin Katz, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 The killing of Freya has polarized Oslo and threatens to blight the image of a country more commonly associated with diplomatic good deeds than mob-like hits. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb But now many murals have vanished, apparently after an attempt to preserve the artworks resulted in many being destroyed, sparking a dispute that continues to blight the tourist attraction. 2022 Nevertheless, the board unanimously approved the program, which also aligned with the priorities of city leaders, who have largely considered rooming houses a blight and a nuisance in recent years, citing violence and drug activity.Īlison Burdo, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2022 The technological culprit was ransomware, a blight that is found in daily headlines and knows no mercy.Įmil Sayegh, Forbes, 16 Aug. Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Sep. 2022 In July of that year, Western Alaska saw a blight of domestic violence killings, during a time when the coronavirus pandemic had disrupted travel and shelter operations. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022 An ongoing drought and recent flooding had combined with a locust blight to displace more than half a million of the Afar people, Mohamed said the T.P.L.F.’s military incursions had displaced six hundred thousand more. 2022 The Rockets' two titles, in 19, are today looked back upon by the greater basketball commentariat as a fluke, a blip in history, even a blight upon the game. 2022 This jack-o'-lantern carved from a pumpkin with a preexisting fungal disease, southern blight, is showing symptoms of soft rot, especially around the nose and eye. 2022 Since its establishment in 1979, the Khomeinist regime has been a curse on Iran and a blight on the world.
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Cunningham had seven of Detroit's 14 turnovers, a significant blight on his otherwise good night.ĭetroit Free Press, 27 Oct.
