dark
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These naturally occurring minerals can produce dark pigments, but they do not contain the organic carbon needed for radiocarbon dating.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
While the president appears to believe that Warsh wants to lower rates, Wall Street economists say they are in the dark, with the new chair remaining mum on key points.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Gould was adept of the dark arts of financial distress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The suspect is described as a white male, 6ft tall, wearing dark shorts, a grey jumper and a beige baseball cap.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
She nodded as if it made sense and slid some purple and dark blue beads onto her needle.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But it is here, in these darker and less yielding works, that his imagination is most fully itself: less certain and considerably more interesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yet fossils from the extinction interval became progressively darker, eventually reaching an extremely dark brown.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
His covert operation to sneak within the city walls was a betrayal of bedrock beliefs about honor and civility, a shameful act that brought humanity into a darker age.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Vinny, always darker, said, “There were more morons than crooks, but the crooks were higher up.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Joshua was returning from one of the darkest periods of his life and carrying an immense emotional burden into the ring.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Burrell’s family said in the statement announcing the antiques enthusiast’s death that the cancer community provided “so much comfort and strength to her in her darkest moments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"We remain deeply grateful for the support, prayers, and kindness we have received. This outpouring has sustained us during the darkest days of our lives."
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
These were the darkest days of the Revolutionary War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
So here the prince came, like the eagles in The Hobbit, swooping in at the darkest hour to save us.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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