blacken
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A new scientific review suggests that Polygonum multiflorum, a root used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than a thousand years to "blacken hair and nourish essence," could be a promising alternative for managing AGA.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
These incidents may temporarily blacken the eyes of the NBA and Major League Baseball but sports gambling is here to stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
You’re not looking to fully blacken every kernel, just enough scorch to bring out that toasty, nutty edge.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
But as the ghostly figure draws nearer, its skin rots and its eyes blacken.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The black leather shoes I had bought for fifty cents at the Dollar General Store were held together with safety pins, which I’d tried to blacken with a Magic Marker so you wouldn’t notice them.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
When the ice blackens it's ability to reflect the sun diminishes and this accelerates the melting of the ice.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
"The extent of the destruction blackens our hearts, I apologise for the losses," Mitsotakis said in a televised address, promising his government would stand by all those hurt by the blazes.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021
To make his own version, Mr. Garcia slowly and thoroughly blackens chiles, which form the base along with burned tortillas and cacao.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
A plume of smoke rises up above the streetlamps and blackens the sky.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
The space in front of me blackens, then clears.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Earlier this week, an incinerated roe deer was seen lying on the blackened ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Fast-spreading flames blackened the sky over the peninsula as tourists scrambled onto boats that ferried them to safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Inside, the furniture, walls and ceiling are completely blackened, and parts of the ceiling is peeling off.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
The young beastkeeper was sprinting toward her barefoot across the blackened grass, several wild dogs on his heels.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
The mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, even blackening.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Algae lying dormant on the ice starts blooming in spring blackening large areas of the ice.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
California’s largest wildfire so far this year was significantly surrounded Monday after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
The midday gray blackening, then brightening, on account of a remote and veiled disk of sun and moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Perhaps eighty years earlier, dust storms had engulfed the high plains, blackening the glaciers in the peaks above.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
