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It was the strangest kind of farewell; more sadness than satisfaction, more 'thanks for the memories' than 'never darken our door again'.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

As clouds darken over the international scene, the day may come when Princeton’s trustees, students and alumni want to bring the old song back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

Both light sources darken skin through the same biological process: UV rays change the structure and chemical profile of DNA in the skin, which then produces more melanin in order to prevent further damage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

They have pale blue eyes that sometimes darken to greenish blue.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Include them and Americans’ average level of preparation for retirement darkens considerably.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

The expansion of plant life darkens the snow and ice, reducing its reflectivity and causing the surrounding area to warm up, triggering ice and snow melt.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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

The darkened fragments then complete their descent, with atmospheric winds potentially pushing them away from their original trajectories before they land as meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The drama begins in a darkened room, where a film created by J.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

High diesel costs have only darkened the scenario.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ortiz and six other spy-saboteurs, “their hands and faces already darkened by the unyielding sun, donned gandouras and turbans—what the famed T.E. Lawrence dubbed ‘Arab kit’—mounted a string of camels and rode south.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Shoulders slumped, I step into a massive, darkened theater with endless rows of seats curving around a wide stage.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

On Tuesday, the IMF will unveil its global economic forecast, along with detailed regional outlooks through the week, as policymakers set about tackling the challenges darkening the economic horizon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

When he first noticed the sky darkening, Chapman thought a storm was coming.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

Just naked treetops and peaked roofs and a band of darkening sky wrapping around the car, pressing against the window.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx