dark
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The Middle Ages were an especially dark period for cats and their sympathizers.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
Colman said there is "very little light pollution on Exmoor", adding it "enables the dark to be really dark with none of the pollution impacting".
From BBC β Oct. 16, 2026
Earlier this month, three data centers in western Russia suddenly went dark due to a “rapid unplanned disassembly,” to use euphemistic engineering parlance.
From Salon β Oct. 15, 2026
Ice typically builds up throughout the long, dark winter, reaching its greatest extent in March before retreating during the warmer months to a September minimum.
From Science Daily β Oct. 15, 2026
Harry’s eyes were magnetic, like firelight in the dark.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
There is nothing wrong with being a C student — as long as you don’t take your insecurities out on the A students who just so happen to have darker skin.
From Salon β Oct. 16, 2026
The disappearance of reflective ice also exposes darker ocean water, which absorbs more solar energy and can accelerate regional warming.
From Science Daily β Oct. 12, 2026
“L.A. is very pretty and much darker than you would ever imagine,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
Once free, however, he set up camp at a Christian compound deep in the Ozarks, armed with a darker message.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 6, 2026
Now that the thrill of the day was gone, his mind turned to darker thoughts.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
This is a skillset of someone who is happiest in the darkest corners of government—the swampiest of swamps—a realm of acronyms, white papers, and multihyphenate bureaucracies.
From Slate β Oct. 15, 2026
The resuscitation of a Dodger brand during what was quite possibly its darkest moment?
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 11, 2026
Demand exploded locally this decade, most memorably during a purple bread mania that swept the archipelago in the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's β Oct. 6, 2026
That memory sat at the bottom of my mind’s darkest well until I watched Erin Lee Carr’s “The Swan: Behind the Mirror.”
From Salon β Oct. 1, 2026
They both wore thick wool socks and thermal underwear too, even though it wasn’t the darkest, coldest part of winter yet.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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