blacken
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The herb has been used for more than 1,000 years and has traditionally been associated with "blacken hair and nourish essence."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 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
If the VX4 ever were to become the mass public transport that Vertical wants it to be, it might literally blacken the skies.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Other than that, their meat was a pinch drier than some of the other methods, and their skin got crispy in spots but began to blacken in others before it could become consistently golden.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022
Instead he'touched the letter to the candle flame and watched the parchment blacken, curl, and flare up.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
When the ice blackens it's ability to reflect the sun diminishes and this accelerates the melting of the ice.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.
From Reuters ● Dec. 26, 2022
To make his own version, Mr. Garcia slowly and thoroughly blackens chiles, which form the base along with burned tortillas and cacao.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
A plume of smoke rises up above the streetlamps and blackens the sky.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
Dusk softens the sharp points of trees outside my window; the sky slowly darkens, then blackens around an orb of moon.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
I even spot a small yellow flower shooting up from the blackened ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
As of about 6:45 p.m., the fire had blackened about 140 acres and was 7% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Supermarket shelves stacked with products blackened from the fire were stacked up beneath a cratered ceiling and behind blown-out windows.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The glebe was littered with mangled fuselages and blackened wings.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, even blackening.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
That’s why even when a fire is 100% contained, it can still be blackening acres of land, and firefighters can still be battling to keep it from getting out of control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Algae lying dormant on the ice starts blooming in spring blackening large areas of the ice.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
It takes a while before we see the telltale signs: the camp watchtower, and later the flames blackening the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
She buys toilet paper that we can take down the hall to the lavatory and that, she says, is better than having the headlines from the Daily News blackening your arse.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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