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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

Gray clouds darken the sky, but Leutze bathes Washington in light, depicting him as an unflinching leader of a squad of men that purposely includes a Native American and a black man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 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

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 watched the sky darken, the lights come on in town.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

At this time of year the day darkens early.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The company suspended its dividend earlier this year as its financial picture darkened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

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

I follow him to our darkened compartment, which is already occupied by three sleeping soldiers, a stout nun, and an irritable hen.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and 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

The cloud is getting bigger; it’s darkening, filling up my spirit and cell.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes