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blighting

  • present participle
    of blight.
    blight

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"These e-bikes are blighting communities, they're making it unsafe for people to live - so we're taking action," said Supt Emma Fox, who oversees the raids.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Slavery shaped the Americas for four centuries, blighting the entire hemisphere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

Anderson said he set up the debate on antisocial behaviour because it "destroys and ruins lives" and was blighting "every constituency throughout our great country".

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

And whether from its fumes or from the blighting of our hopes, my husband began to suffer again from rheumatism, and at the same time the old bouts of fever began.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya