dark

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Now, the 27-year-old who attended the University of Pennsylvania and completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science in four years, with honors, has become a dark icon for a younger generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"Going back to the first launch, when it came down the film was then sent back and I opened the dark bag and developed it at Arts University Bournemouth", he says.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Van Dyke, clad in a dark suit with a black shirt to match, sat at the defence table alongside his team - which now included the high-profile attorney Mark Geragos.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Plus sundry hallucinations, bad dreams, possession, dark spaces, creepy noises, fraught family relations — and, as with so many horror stories, a bad thing in the past bringing down the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The ditches were thronged with elderberry and dark with patches of mint down low.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck