dark
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With his brightly coloured outfits, Lycett will bring some glamour to the castle, if and when he's not donning the famous dark cloak.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Discussing his India trip, the “Primetime” version of Hansen remembers an alleged witness to the kidnappings, who describes the perpetrator as a monstrous ancient evil lurking in the dark.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The women say they have no desire to leave Hanle or its dark skies.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The princess and her mother were confined, in Victoria’s later description, to “dreadfully dull, dark and gloomy” rooms in the aging residence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The apartment windows are dark, and nobody answers the door when you knock.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But looking toward November, Weiser sees something darker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
This effort succeeded, Glass said, despite the exhibit’s candor about the darker elements of the nation’s military history.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Bright sea ice reflects much of the Sun's incoming energy, while darker ocean water absorbs more of it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Those who have created these technologies are now increasingly warning that AI risks developing darker capacities - perhaps even to take life," the King told the executives.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It should be impossible, but the tunnel ahead looks darker.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
In the left map above, the darkest red areas mark the places where the melt season lengthened fastest during that decade.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
During a partial eclipse, only part of the Moon enters the darkest section of that shadow, known as the umbra.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Adam Gordon confirmed Haden’s death in a statement shared with the San Diego Union-Tribune, saying Thursday was “one of the darkest days in our office’s history, but there was nothing dark about Andrew Haden’s life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
Nellie DuMont Frissé always says the darkest nights produce the brightest stars.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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