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pitch-dark

[pich-dahrk] / ˈpɪtʃˈdɑrk /






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Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Northern Irish folk-horror merges with the grim European police procedural genre in “Mandrake,” a pitch-dark tale of witchcraft and murder from director Lynne Davison and screenwriter Matt Harvey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

There are solid, sensible reasons for "saving daylight," like for women who feel much safer going for an after-work run when it's not pitch-dark outside.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

A nicely arranged bouquet of flowers can brighten up a bedside table, while an Edible Arrangement must huddle in the pitch-dark fridge.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2022

Now the four of them lay in a heap in the pitch-dark.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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