darken
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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
As they cook, the beans darken to a rich brown and begin to release an oil, something Netsi says is a sign of good quality coffee.
From BBC ● May 31, 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
"They also darken the layer by adding iron and carbon, making the regolith's properties more consistent with the observations."
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
The edges of my vision started to darken.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
At some point, the room darkens, and the crowd watches the jacket glow — she becomes a bioluminescent creature in human form.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Space weathering, caused by solar wind particles, micrometeorite impacts, and cosmic radiation, slowly darkens exposed material.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026
Carvana’s fundamentals, however, remain unchanged even as the industry backdrop darkens, Wedbush said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
The sky darkens as we stand on the corner of Queen’s Road and Pedder Street in Central.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
The graphite in the illustrations darkens to show that it’s nighttime.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
The former Greater Manchester mayor, who is expected to become prime minister next Monday, said politics had "darkened" in the decade he had been away from Westminster.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The skies may have darkened for years as volcanic material blocked sunlight around the globe, triggering severe cooling.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
Despite growing AI investment among firms and fiscal-policy tailwinds, recent readings of consumer sentiment have darkened to levels worse than the surging postpandemic inflation seen in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Step by step, closing in on bottom, I see a darkened cabin.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The specific phenomenon of darkening water, called “freshwater browning,” is driven by a few factors.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 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
Treasury market en masse given the darkening U.S. fiscal outlook, Gimbel replied: “I think one thing to keep in mind is that currently markets don’t have a better, great option than U.S. Treasury debt.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
My brother’s eyes roved to the shed’s doorway and the dreary night darkening the field beyond.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
