dimming

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Crude prices rose one percent on Wednesday amid dimming prospects of a deal, having fallen as much as five percent at one point the previous day on optimism an agreement would be reached.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Shares in European luxury companies fell after some of the industry’s big players said that war in the Middle East weighed on sales, dimming hopes of a sector rebound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"While light emissions rose by 8.9 percent in brightening German regions, they fell by 9.2 percent in dimming areas."

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The tribe is now grappling with the sudden loss of jobs, along with the dimming of hope that the culturally sacred fish will be restored to their ancestral waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

It’s so close, I now see tiny luminescent fins like a butterfly dimming to a pale lavender the closer it flutters to the surface.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera