blacken

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A new scientific review suggests that Polygonum multiflorum, a root used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than a thousand years to "blacken hair and nourish essence," could be a promising alternative for managing AGA.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

These incidents may temporarily blacken the eyes of the NBA and Major League Baseball but sports gambling is here to stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But as the ghostly figure draws nearer, its skin rots and its eyes blacken.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

“It seems to be designed to blacken the name of an actor who has not breached a contract or missed a day’s shooting in a career spanning 20 years,” he said in written arguments.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023

The black leather shoes I had bought for fifty cents at the Dollar General Store were held together with safety pins, which I’d tried to blacken with a Magic Marker so you wouldn’t notice them.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls