darkness
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The newly discovered species, Erhaia dijiang, has evolved remarkable features that allow it to live in complete darkness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Mr. Fisk, Angell writes, “socked the second pitch up and out, farther and farther into the darkness above the lights.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
But it's at night, in the quiet darkness, that mother-of-three Dianyra Eka Nastiti grows most fearful.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Obviously, and he had some darkness in him; he came back from World War II really scarred, couldn’t really deal with it . . . but he was also a very outgoing guy.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
And out of the dark beneath the trees surged a deeper darkness: a huge rampaging menace in bear form.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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