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Recent Examples of eyesore
Local eyesore meets the wrecking ball The demolition of a graffiti-riddled building that had been at the center of a 20-year redevelopment battle was big news in Ramona.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
But the facilities require huge amounts of energy and water, and are often considered an eyesore and a burden on the communities that house them.
—April Roach, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
Fuentes similarly asserts that a cluttered bookshelf is an instant eyesore.
—Kate Jerde, Architectural Digest, 28 Dec. 2025
Doing so can avoid the eyesore of a brittle tree sitting at the end of your driveway for weeks on end.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyesore
mess
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Rather than letting those items pile up in a cluttered mess, opt for a compact organizer with enough storage to hold all the essentials.—
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And what a distraction from the mess he’s created!—
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“Eyesore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyesore. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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