dark
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It left him in a dark place, as he previously detailed in an interview with BBC Sport, but the "wounds" he experienced in life have shaped him.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"In this new wave, it's women who are taking the lead, with writing often tinged with feminism, but also often quite dark and violent, punctuated by surreal touches," she noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The chart-topping country star took a break between songs during a recent Columbus, Ohio, concert to address one of the dark sides of her rapid rise to fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Zaidi, who dresses in dark blue suits and has a bushy black mustache and cropped beard, was quickly embraced by Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It latches on to me, pulling me down deeper and deeper into the cold, dark water.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Much darker and more twisty than the weepy trauma dumps “It Ends With Us” or “Reminders of Him,” “Verity” is high camp with a wink, a hair toss and just enough bite to draw blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Because lead absorbs far more X rays, letters appeared as bright marks against the darker carbonized material, similar to brighter regions on an underexposed black and white negative.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
This effort succeeded, Glass said, despite the exhibit’s candor about the darker elements of the nation’s military history.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
In an inquest focusing on darker times in her life, it's this side of Maddy that her family thinks has got lost.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Our skin was a little like a paint chip, Nan’s fair and mine just a few shades darker.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Still, she looms large in Lowen’s imagination, especially when she finds a secret autobiography in which Verity reveals her darkest secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That memory sat at the bottom of my mind’s darkest well until I watched Erin Lee Carr’s “The Swan: Behind the Mirror.”
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the left map above, the darkest red areas mark the places where the melt season lengthened fastest during that decade.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
A partial lunar eclipse will take place in the early hours of Friday, when the Moon enters Earth's darkest shadow.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And that can make it more terrifying than even the deepest, darkest secret.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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