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Many were dressed in black and some were masked.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Until the 1993 introduction of Addy Walker, a black doll whose first book narrates the character’s escape from slavery, all of the dolls were white and came with stories of well-off households.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The observations provide what the researchers describe as the first direct imaging evidence of such a system at the center of a galaxy, strongly suggesting that a second supermassive black hole is present.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

These jets arise from the extreme conditions surrounding black holes, where powerful magnetic fields help accelerate material outward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Dressed in black as always, she was nevertheless suddenly young and girlish, eyes sparkling with joy at this greatest occasion the ten Booms had ever held.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

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

An Emerson College survey last year put overall support for the tax-credit program at 64%, including 61% of Democrats, 68% of Hispanics and 63% of blacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Philadelphia was home to more than a thousand free blacks by this time.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

“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

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

‘Happiness’ Black comedies don’t come much blacker than Todd Solondz’s unrated, controversial 1998 tale of suburbia and its discontents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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

Standing in front of us, it seemed much bigger, much blacker, much less friendly than I remembered.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Being on the “state sponsor of terrorism” list is the blackest of designations for any country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025

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

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

On every side of us were great big, black hills, and behind these were even bigger, blacker hills, and behind these were the biggest, blackest hills.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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

Ahmadzai was driven to court in a grey Hyundai i30 with blacked out windows for the hearing.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

With Pompeii’s sun blacked out, he stumbles around in the dark with a flashlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

A third undated snap shows the former US president reclining in a hot tub beside someone whose face is blacked out to protect their identity.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Both were blacked out with matte spray paint.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

This week Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, blacking out power across most of one island.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 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

"I was blacking out and fainting," Ms Davies, a tattoo artist, said.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 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

As he took up a brush and a tin of blacking, he said, “So the future’s looking bright for Molly.”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan