dark
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The museum’s library is open to visitors without a ticket and is all dressed up in dark wood, with cozy lighting and plenty of comfortable chairs and tables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“What a surprise it was because it was a dark cave, but yet it was filled with so many bright colors,” Cordell recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The upcoming iPhone 18 Pro will reportedly be available in colors such as dark cherry, alongside new light-blue and dark-gray options, according to Macworld.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
He worked out of what looked like a dentist’s office in a dark, empty office building in Newark, which she entered through a side entrance in an alley.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
I stared at her, then around me at the dark, foul-aired room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
As we looked out over the bay, its turquoise edges giving out to darker blue, Olsi pointed at a hump of land rising out of the water.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
She says for the ancient Celts it was "vitally important" to be prepared for the darker days of winter and to get the harvest in before All Hallows Eve, what we would call Halloween.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Healthy mice instinctively prefer darker environments and avoid brightly illuminated spaces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
It goes deeper and darker, and the subject matter isn’t just broken hearts this time around.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The darker it got, the more Seven hoped Valley or Thorn would suggest they go home.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
It was genocide: a black moment in European history and the UN's darkest hour.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
Most of them, he says, are “sensationalist catalogs of his darkest misdeeds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Ralph experienced the darkest moment of his life.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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