dark
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But occasionally, snobs don’t have a choice, such as when they’re sitting in the dark of a movie theater, where the viewer assumes the role of the spectator.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Netflix limited series starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Kevin Bacon offers a mix of hifalutin ideas, family drama and dark farce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"People have a negative image of lobbyists. They picture secret deals in dark corridors. The reality is very different," D'haese said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Both the title of “Bass Persuades” and the percolating sound of its title track would seem to suggest a dance-leaning collection to follow the strange and dark prog-pop opus “Something Beautiful” from 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
“It was the start of the blowup, it was definitely a darker season but a necessary one to understand where everyone is at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
As we looked out over the bay, its turquoise edges giving out to darker blue, Olsi pointed at a hump of land rising out of the water.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It goes deeper and darker, and the subject matter isn’t just broken hearts this time around.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
While the Jayhawks’ range of historic sounds is revisited, so is the outfit’s tendency to mix darker or lighter music against the grain of the words, in unexpected ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Hema’s air was growing thicker and darker by the second, harder to breathe and more difficult to see through.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Seeking to reassure his employees in September 2021, Xu told staff in a letter he believed the group would "step out of the darkest moment soon".
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A few years later, she was a regular on a soap opera, channeling her darkest fears into tears that would have adults heaping praise upon her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The local authority has previously said the Highlands, which has large, sparsely populated areas, offered astronomy fans some of the darkest skies in Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Most of them, he says, are “sensationalist catalogs of his darkest misdeeds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
But it felt more like she was aiming for the darkest part of the shade, the places where the shadows overlapped—the places where it was easiest to hide.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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