stark
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England and Wales can expect temperatures of 18-22C by Thursday, a stark difference to the same time last week but much more in line with average temperatures for this time of year.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Peabody’s brisk pace of sales is in stark contrast to the national housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But they served as a stark reminder that parts of America’s critical infrastructure continue to be exposed to foreign hackers with incentives to threaten essential public services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The result is a facility that stands in stark difference from the John McKay Center, which cost $70 million when it opened in 2012.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Still, she allowed, “the owd maister was like other folk—naught mich out o’ t’ common way: stark mad o’ shooting, and farming, and sich like.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The comparative numbers for Kenya and Ghana are starker: 53% and 3.5%, and 43% and 2%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They are generally about 10% to 20% more expensive than gas-powered cars, a difference made starker by the end of those tax incentives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The contrast cannot be starker: selfie-taking tourists sipping coffee at Starbucks -- an icon of globalisation and capitalism -- while looking out over reclusive, communist North Korea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
And the disconnect between lofty targets and on-field results has only grown starker.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Her room always made him feel wistful and envious for the abundance in which she dwelled—a stark contrast with his even starker room.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
The starkest contrast between two summertime TV hits about women navigating midlife’s challenges shows up in the way its leading ladies handle themselves in the kitchen.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The starkest contrast between then and now is the fiscal policy situation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The recent attack on Sam Altman’s San Francisco mansion is the starkest example of this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
And that is a universal journey that transcends even the starkest barriers of language, culture and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
Perhaps the starkest of these divisions was between South Africa’s two dominant groups, the Zulu and the Xhosa.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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The Catcher in the Rye
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