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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

As they cook, the beans darken to a rich brown and begin to release an oil, something Netsi says is a sign of good quality coffee.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

German firms viewed their current business situation more favorably, though their expectations for the coming months continued to darken, Ifo said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

I walk toward the ice-skating rink as the sky begins to darken.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

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

During an eclipse, the sky darkens offering a short window to see the Perseid meteor shower, which also peaks on Wednesday evening.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

Eventually he expanded his palette, adding the 20-something Hal and Harper, plus Dad and Kate, whose characters come to the fore in the third episode, which darkens the series’ tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

Celia reaches into her straw handbag for more red lipstick, then darkens the mole on her left cheek with a black eyebrow pencil.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Those summer clouds that had darkened the atmosphere among fans had lingered into the start of this Nations League campaign.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He stumbled out of bed in his underwear and down the hall to his darkened living room.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Those same media are used here to reimagine what seems to be every character who’s ever starred in, or darkened the door of, Adult Swim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Her face darkened, anger bloated her lips and lit fires behind her black brooding eyes.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

They also compared tree pollen with fern spores to determine whether the darkening might have been caused by biological differences between plant groups.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Reduce the heat to low if the spices are darkening in color too quickly.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

After a while he raised his head and just sat there staring out at the cold and darkening woods.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy