dark
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While shipping markets continue to price in disruptions well into 2027, “potential additional dark flows and price-sensitive China net crude imports may moderate the upside to crude oil prices even if Mideast disruptions last longer.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Up next, Franco will roll solo as an actor and producer of the dark action comedy “Idiots,” out in theaters on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The exact limit depends strongly on the masses of the dark matter halos where those seeds originally formed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Seen with the naked eye from the stern of our 40-foot tour boat, the dark blobs bobbing in the restless sea didn’t look like much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Fernlight’s sweet aroma was repulsive compared to the rich, dark scent of Deadwood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
It goes deeper and darker, and the subject matter isn’t just broken hearts this time around.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The darker streaks contain surface dust and rocks that have been altered over long periods by solar wind, galactic cosmic rays, and impacts from micrometeorites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
And I wish the cabin had been darker in the latter half of the flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The images they captured from different viewing angles brought out different features, including brighter and darker streaks fanning out around the crater.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
She had me turning a shade darker than a beet.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Only part of the Moon entered the darkest section of that shadow, known as the umbra so it was not completely cut off from sunlight.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Seeking to reassure his employees in September 2021, Xu told staff in a letter he believed the group would "step out of the darkest moment soon".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A few years later, she was a regular on a soap opera, channeling her darkest fears into tears that would have adults heaping praise upon her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But a feeling of horror washes over you when you realize this is the darkest moment of Ron’s life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Staying in the darkest shadows, under the bushes when we could, we sped away from Nimh, not knowing or caring at first what direction we were going.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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