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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

“It seems to be designed to blacken the name of an actor who has not breached a contract or missed a day’s shooting in a career spanning 20 years,” he said in written arguments.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

He ran to the cupboard that held everything Mosca had collected for the break-in: a rope, the floor plans, the sausages for the dogs, shoe polish to blacken their faces—all had vanished.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

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

Nearby, it blackens metal road signs, they said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.

From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2022

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

AFP video footage showed that the fire had burned down the mosque's interior carpeting and blackened the walls.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

This would be an idyllic scene were it not for the blackened pine and oak trees all around, the legacy of a devastating recent wildfire.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A hunting lodge stands beside pine forest burned by a wildfire that started July 22 and blackened about 104,000 acres in and around Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The windows were all gone but the brick shell of the house remained, damp and blackened and steaming, and most of the roof, the dark slate shingles gleaming like fish scales from their recent soaking.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

That’s why even when a fire is 100% contained, it can still be blackening acres of land, and firefighters can still be battling to keep it from getting out of control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Algae lying dormant on the ice starts blooming in spring blackening large areas of the ice.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

In contrast - and blackening the Tory mood still further - is Labour's relatively newly discovered knack of winning where they need to win in a general election.

From BBC ● May 3, 2024

Drone footage showed fierce flames blackening hundreds of containers on the dock, with water jets from a fire truck dwarfed by the scale of the blaze that broke out on Monday.

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023

During lunch the clouds started to advance, slinking across the blue sky, darting in front of the sun momentarily, casting long shadows across the beach, and blackening the waves.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer