dark
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"We were still completely in the dark as to what had happened," said his sister Paula McCartney.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Maas's series debuted in 2015 as a dark retelling of "Beauty and the Beast."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
She’s unafraid to go deep and dark, naming feelings and investigating mistakes.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Understanding dark energy could have implications extending far beyond the expansion of the Universe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
I held it up to the light, trying to see how much was left, but the dark brown glass was too thick to see through.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In October, the term Hunter's Moon comes from the time of year hunters would have been most active, preparing for the colder and darker winter months ahead.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The stop-motion fantasy is the studio’s first film rated above PG, and much of the industry is watching to see whether a darker, more mature animated feature can find an audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Sunlight reaches the exhaust high in the atmosphere, making the spreading plume shine brightly against the darker sky below.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
There is nothing wrong with being a C student — as long as you don’t take your insecurities out on the A students who just so happen to have darker skin.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
She had me turning a shade darker than a beet.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
This is a skillset of someone who is happiest in the darkest corners of government—the swampiest of swamps—a realm of acronyms, white papers, and multihyphenate bureaucracies.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
The resuscitation of a Dodger brand during what was quite possibly its darkest moment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Demand exploded locally this decade, most memorably during a purple bread mania that swept the archipelago in the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
King Charles's upcoming Caribbean tour will not shy away from "the darkest days of our past", Buckingham Palace has said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
They were the darkest black Bat had ever seen.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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