blacken
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The herb has been used for more than 1,000 years and has traditionally been associated with "blacken hair and nourish essence."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 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
She’s prepared to leave immediately should the fire worsen or smoke blacken the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Instead he'touched the letter to the candle flame and watched the parchment blacken, curl, and flare up.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
A plume of smoke rises up above the streetlamps and blackens the sky.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
Darkened red looks brown and whitened red turns pink, Dufy said, while yellow blackens with shading and fades away in the light.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2012
The space in front of me blackens, then clears.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Relatives also visited the blackened bar on Tuesday morning, laying garlands and praying for the dead, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Images from inside the bar after the fire was put out showed blackened tables and stools covered in debris, with bottles still left out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Accompanying footage showed an aerial view of blackened earth dotted with trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
To add to the drama, a warm Madrid afternoon suddenly turned to blackened skies and a deluge to set a spectacular stage for this meeting of European heavyweights.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Quite a few single poles and blackened tree trunks stuck up from the ground, and here and there a skeleton of a building rose forlornly.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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
It takes a while before we see the telltale signs: the camp watchtower, and later the flames blackening the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
