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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

Gray clouds darken the sky, but Leutze bathes Washington in light, depicting him as an unflinching leader of a squad of men that purposely includes a Native American and a black man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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

"Think of photochromic sunglasses. When you're inside, they're just clear lenses. You walk out into the sun, and they darken on their own. Come back inside, and the lenses become clear again," Nguyen continued.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Her resentment seemed to darken with the fading moon.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

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

It means the vicious circle tightens and darkens.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

The room darkens, as if under the gloom of what I just said.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Armed with flashlights, dozens of community members stepped into the darkened Westlake Theatre, sidestepping puddles and broken glass as they imagined what the century-old movie palace could become.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Higher interest rates and rising maintenance costs also darkened the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Over time, darkened wax appeared inside queen cells, showing that workers were selectively collecting and transforming materials from elsewhere in the hive for use in queen development.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

A sense of injustice, justified or not, would only have darkened their mood.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Marco looked up too, and his expression darkened.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

With the security environment darkening, a 2025 poll by the Japan Press Research Institute found 54% of those polled agreed with the need for greater defense spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 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

Hesterfowl stopped fiddling with the lantern and turned her beady gaze to Clare, her expression darkening.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman