in the black
Example Sentences
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The largest holder of bitcoin, briefly, was back in the black for the first time since January.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Orion had made its closest sweep past the Moon, endured its spell of isolation, watched an eclipse in the black and then let lunar gravity bend its path back towards Earth.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
The crowd was not dressed in Miami pink but in the black and gold of LAFC, which won 3-0.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
One of his earliest patients was a man already in the black “sphacelus” stage, the limb putrefying while still attached.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The bones rounded out of the ditch, where the dark vines were in the black ditch, into the moonlight, like some of the shapes had stopped.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
