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Cars, houses and streets appear and disappear out of a dim russet fog.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“May his struggles never dim the memories of a sweet man, a dear friend, and a master musician.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

At around magnitude 8, the distant planet is too dim to spot without optical assistance, so binoculars or a telescope will be needed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

As my eyes adjusted to the dim light, I made out my friend’s face more clearly.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Still, CoreWeave’s future does look dimmer if prevailing interest rates keep going up, if appetite for AI-related debt keeps weakening and concerns about the AI boom’s sustainability turn into a dearth of funding options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Actor, singer and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane wrote on X that "the world is a dimmer place without her."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The difficulty is that large, luminous stars dominate the light, while smaller stars are far dimmer and much harder to identify.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

He said you could feel the temperature dropping and the light getting dimmer, before what looked like a crescent moon appeared, except it was a "crescent sun".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The light was leaking out of him, growing dimmer and dimmer.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Hegseth, on the other hand, is among the dimmest.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

A 6.5 magnitude is generally the dimmest object the human eye can see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Such demolitions typically cause a much brighter display and rarely last longer than a year, so it would have to be the longest and dimmest so far.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

"The fantasy of two-all going to The Oval had been enchanting to both sets of fans; only the dimmest partisans so crave trophies as to be gratified by non-results," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023

Yet she had only the dimmest idea of who Goldstein was and what doctrines he was supposed to represent.

From "1984" by George Orwell

As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Younger people have a generally sunnier starting point but that dims as they age - not a great surprise - and all age groups react to events similarly.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

Thinking about his father, Brooks pauses and his buoyant demeanor dims as he puts a finger to his eye as if it might begin to well up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

And as if to literalize this, the Light Phone III even has a small clickable wheel on one side that brightens or dims the screen, and engages a flashlight if depressed.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2025

At lunchtime, I clutch my brown bag, waiting near the door until the first rush of cafeteria noise dims: banging trays, ripping plastic, overtalking at too-crowded tables.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

The darkening city slid by through the dimmed window behind his head.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The April ceasefire put an end to the most intense fighting, but sporadic attacks, mainly around the Strait of Hormuz, have dimmed the prospects of a final peace agreement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

With the overhead lights dimmed and soft light spilling from the dioramas, the displays looked like windows to other worlds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

A vital warning from experts is to avoid looking at the sun even when it appears to have dimmed during the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

At a Broadway theater, after the lights had dimmed, a voice came over the loudspeaker: “We’ve just been informed that Daniel Ellsberg is in the audience.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Foreign investors soured on Indonesia this year, in part due to broader risk-off sentiment dimming the appeal of emerging markets but also because of investability and transparency concerns raised by credit agencies and index providers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Patients may notice sudden blurriness, dimming, or missing areas in their field of view.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

German exports fell again in August, pointing to volatility in international demand and dimming hopes that trade will underpin the country’s economic growth this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some Nepali families who were searching for their missing loved ones had begun holding symbolic funerals in the last few days, in a sign of dimming hope for survivors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Oliver’s expression crumbled, a light dimming in his eyes.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows