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Those who witness a total eclipse will first see the sky darken.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Scattered through old Southern community and church cookbooks are recipes for spiced Saltines: butter-soaked, herb-flecked, oven-baked until they darken to a toastier shade of gold.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Think of photochromic sunglasses. When you're inside, they're just clear lenses. You walk out into the sun, and they darken on their own. Come back inside, and the lenses become clear again," Nguyen continued.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Both light sources darken skin through the same biological process: UV rays change the structure and chemical profile of DNA in the skin, which then produces more melanin in order to prevent further damage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

“But the perspective’s a bit off. See, if you just follow the line here...and darken those shadows there....”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

What complicates and darkens the picture from Andromeda’s perspective is that a significant chunk of AI credit is concentrated in private markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

The expansion of plant life darkens the snow and ice, reducing its reflectivity and causing the surrounding area to warm up, triggering ice and snow melt.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

At some point, the room darkens, and the crowd watches the jacket glow — she becomes a bioluminescent creature in human form.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Slowly, the surface darkens into something deeply golden, edged in amber, the fat rendering and crisping, the spice blooming in the oil.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

The city darkens as I reach its border, a wide dirt clearing a few yards wide that separates Lkossa from the first of the Greater Jungle’s towering black pines.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He traveled to a remote island off West Africa and on May 29, 1919, photographed stars made visible behind the darkened sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Stars and planets can emerge in the darkened sky, temperatures can fall, and winds may strengthen.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Fabrics with sheen or brocade thread add luminescence in the darkened church setting, says Walicka Maimone: “Only so much lighting can come from the windows. We need to lift the palette and create the sparkle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Skygazers captured stunning photos of the celestial display - which reached its peak at 15:36 BST - after the skies darkened.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

She drags her cello off to a darkened corner to warm up.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

"The darkening overlaps exactly with the fern spike, the main extinction interval, and elevated abundance of charcoal and PAHs."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

When he first noticed the sky darkening, Chapman thought a storm was coming.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Reduce the heat to low if the spices are darkening in color too quickly.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

The economists fractured over how the Fed will respond to the darkening outlook.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

I will threaten to tell what I know, he resolved as he hurried between the darkening fields.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw