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darkish

[dahr-kish] / ˈdɑr kɪʃ /




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The then 19-year-old said his video call to the woman had been picked up by "a shirtless man with darkish hair".

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

“So it ended up being a darkish hue to the water — and that was completely on us. We ended up fixing it by flushing all the pipes and removing those wells from service.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

The festival’s work tends shortish in length, intimate in size, and darkish, ambiguous and poetic in mood.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2020

It’s a dark wool jacket with matching pants and a darkish Japanese denim vest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2019

This palm trunk lay parallel to the beach, so that when Ralph sat he faced the island but to the boys was a darkish figure against the shimmer of the lagoon.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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