brooding
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Also waiting — or more accurately, lurking — in the background is the brooding Col.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
An action-packed supernatural thriller: Netflix’s new No. 1 show, Below, stars Josh Hartnett as a brooding Newfoundlander haunted by something supernatural lurking in the ocean’s depths.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Jeje, Jail Time Records first female artist, made her debut in 2022 with brooding Afrobeats song Show Me The Way.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
They expected a dark and brooding nation; they discovered a sun-filled magnificence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
My father was in the kitchen and there was a strange brooding sadness on his face.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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