dark
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But he also wears a dark green vest that some scholars think is silk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
This is a cat and mouse — or cats and mice — melodrama, with customized stock characters given dark secrets and backstory traumas less as explanation than complication.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
"It was a very dark time for me," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Barker has no interest in shining some light on Nikki when keeping his woebegone protagonist in the dark is scarier.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
When you combine that with her chubby baby face and dark eyes, she’s stunning.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 2
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