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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

"Think of photochromic sunglasses. When you're inside, they're just clear lenses. You walk out into the sun, and they darken on their own. Come back inside, and the lenses become clear again," Nguyen continued.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 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

The skies didn’t darken, the moon didn’t turn to blood.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Hundreds of kilometers away – in Denver and along the Canadian border – heavy ashfall darkens the sky, obstructs roads and disrupts power, water supplies and communications.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

What complicates and darkens the picture from Andromeda’s perspective is that a significant chunk of AI credit is concentrated in private markets.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

It means the vicious circle tightens and darkens.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

And maybe he's thinking the same thing about me because his face darkens and he turns away.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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

Now those darkened daytime Bradford rooms will take their place alongside other defining names and moments in cultural history inside Tate Britain, home to the biggest collection of British art in the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Even so, parts of northern Sputnik Planitia have been darkened in patterns that resemble features seen on terrestrial glaciers after they are exposed to rainwater or to liquid emerging from beneath the ice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

The next day, in a darkened room in Washington, D.C., a team of photo analysts sat at light tables studying Heyser’s U-2 images through microscopes.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

Mr. Guimarães lightens the darkening mood with an inventive trick involving a volunteer’s wedding ring, which is invisibly transported across the stage with the help of a ball of yarn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"The darkening overlaps exactly with the fern spike, the main extinction interval, and elevated abundance of charcoal and PAHs."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Amaya just stared at the old shacks and rowhouses of the darkening city around them.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older