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At night, some roads have been "pitch black" without working street lights, Gary resident Kyle Allen tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“My phone was just this black pit,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

New research from astrophysicists at Syracuse University suggests that a previously underappreciated property of the star could provide the answer: how rapidly it was spinning before its first close encounter with the black hole.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

"The sea of black and white shirts and scarves, alongside colours from so many other clubs, reminded us how much Kevin meant to the footballing world," they said.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

She’s wearing a chic white button-down shirt with a black ball-gown skirt.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

And they enjoy considerably more support among white and upper-income Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents than among blacks, Hispanics and lower-income voters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

What 250 years means: To me, it means that we’re still here, we’re living, we’re breathing… The blacks and browns, you know, us sticking together, I feel like we accomplished a lot in 250 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Jefferson on Race” collects an array of his writings about blacks and Native Americans, ranging from state papers to plantation records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

In Chicago, under the law, most places were open to both blacks and whites: children attended school together, and adults rode streetcars together.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

“Liberation Day” is different only in that the humor is a little blacker, the fears of our exploitation more intense.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022

At the same time, Mira’s suit is noticeably sleeker and blacker, less rubbery and reflective than Cheung’s, which feels like a nod to an increasingly digital, effects-reliant medium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

But now with more inclusive views of beauty, we celebrate Blackness of all shades including the classic Tupac homage “the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.”

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2022

It is a wonderful moment, a comic ray of light that makes the darkness of Dr. Lecter’s heart and mind all the blacker.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Black bugs, like ants, but bigger and blacker, crawled over it in a frenzy.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Semple, who went to war with fellow artist Anish Kapoor over the latter’s exclusive rights to the world’s blackest of blacks, made his first red when he was 17.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

His people have shimmering skins rendered in the blackest of tones; in some cases they camouflage themselves into shadow and night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

Comparisons with other major tropical rivers show that the Ruki may even be the blackest large blackwater river on Earth -- it's certainly a lot darker than the famous Rio Negro in the Amazon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

When winds were bearable, we sought bliss, sat, admired the aurora australis as an escape from our blackest abyss.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2023

The animal’s fur was long and thick, each symmetrical marking the blackest black and the whitest white.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The details were blacked out as the district attorney continues an investigation into the devastating fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

We couldn't see Ahmadzai because the car had blacked out windows.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

“But I’m so stoked that I got to go in. I blacked out, I don’t even know what I was thinking, I’m just glad I got to prove myself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Then I blacked out and sank like an anchor toward the bottom of the sea.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

"On Saturday I was blacking in and out, I didn't know what to do," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

“It was barely off the bat before I started blacking out and trying to get to the field. I almost fell over the rail,” Kopech said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024

Those moderators have publicly protested earlier Reddit decisions, most recently blacking out much of the site for days when Reddit announced plans to start charging many third-party apps for access to its content.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

Mr Choudhury said it was a miracle he survived his fall in 2021 after he asked two walkers to take his photograph before suddenly blacking out and plunging down the ravine.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023

Barely made it to shore before blacking out.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin