darken
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Those who witness a total eclipse will first see the sky darken.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the bottom lines on the accounting ledgers darken the view considerably.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scattered through old Southern community and church cookbooks are recipes for spiced Saltines: butter-soaked, herb-flecked, oven-baked until they darken to a toastier shade of gold.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Both light sources darken skin through the same biological process: UV rays change the structure and chemical profile of DNA in the skin, which then produces more melanin in order to prevent further damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Wait for the beard to darken our boy’s cheek; then marry whom you will, and move away.’
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
During an eclipse, the sky darkens offering a short window to see the Perseid meteor shower, which also peaks on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
What complicates and darkens the picture from Andromeda’s perspective is that a significant chunk of AI credit is concentrated in private markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Slowly, the surface darkens into something deeply golden, edged in amber, the fat rendering and crisping, the spice blooming in the oil.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
Space weathering, caused by solar wind particles, micrometeorite impacts, and cosmic radiation, slowly darkens exposed material.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
“I do. She reminds me of—” His face darkens.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He stumbled out of bed in his underwear and down the hall to his darkened living room.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Stars and planets can emerge in the darkened sky, temperatures can fall, and winds may strengthen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Einstein’s equations predicted what should happen, but someone still had to carry a telescope to the right place, wait beneath a darkened sky and look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
No sooner had the final word left my mouth than Frankie’s features darkened.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
"The darkening overlaps exactly with the fern spike, the main extinction interval, and elevated abundance of charcoal and PAHs."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
When he first noticed the sky darkening, Chapman thought a storm was coming.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Reduce the heat to low if the spices are darkening in color too quickly.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
The surging costs are eating an outsize share of low- and middle-income consumers’ paychecks, darkening their outlook relative to the well-off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Fadi tapped his foot, looking up at the darkening sky.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
