dark
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Three narrow, dark tunnels along the way throttle speeds because of the sudden contrasts from broad daylight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In one 2022 study, researchers explored whether increasing agreeableness would decrease levels of what is called the dark triad — or Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Lar gibbons are small apes covered in blonde or dark brown fur, with a distinctive ring of white fur around their faces.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Their shops down narrow alleys sit dark behind faded signs advertising "traditional fortune-telling houses".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Harry’s eyes were magnetic, like firelight in the dark.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But when it is darker, during an eclipse, that instinct may not kick in, even while our eyes are being damaged.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Missing your daughter’s youth while behind bars is a crushing weight, but knowing she’ll never see her father again is a far darker reality.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Not a single blow is random," he explains as a trio of craftsmen land expert strikes that create the darker more complex tones so prized by jazz drummers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The darker strains in his comedies have been drawn out by directors eager to show there’s more to the playwright than his drawing room panache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The clouds resemble wet stone now, darker and heavier.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Most of them, he says, are “sensationalist catalogs of his darkest misdeeds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The community is seen rallying around him in his darkest hours—a beautiful display that is mirrored in the way that Richmond itself has welcomed “Ted Lasso” fans, seemingly with open arms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
His best work tunneled into life’s darkest spaces to excavate ideas about our fears and obsessions, often reflected through dazzling practical effects that matched the naturalism of his greatest feature: a singularly expressive, malleable face.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was originally titled, external Ghallughara, a Punjabi term associated with some of the darkest episodes in Sikh history.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
And the handsomest, with the darkest black hair and straightest black eyebrows.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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