stark
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In stark contrast, 65% think the top factor for people and groups that get ahead is that they have better opportunities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
But reactions in the Serb entity of divided Bosnia were in stark contrast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The novel is about as stark and stripped of biographical details as a Samuel Beckett story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
This was brought into stark relief as U.S. federal debt pushed above $40 trillion earlier this week, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ahead of me spread a vast, stark world of winter-dead trees.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
But while the settlement sidesteps any admission of wrongdoing by the company, it does compel Meta to combat problems few parents knew existed, in terms far starker than those it has articulated before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
After initially declining to say where he stands, Paxton issued a fresh statement that pushed back on Big Bend construction in starker terms.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The comparative numbers for Kenya and Ghana are starker: 53% and 3.5%, and 43% and 2%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They are generally about 10% to 20% more expensive than gas-powered cars, a difference made starker by the end of those tax incentives.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Her room always made him feel wistful and envious for the abundance in which she dwelled—a stark contrast with his even starker room.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
In Cornwall, more than a quarter of practices that previously offered NHS treatment have stopped doing so, making it one of the starkest examples of the shift away from NHS dentistry.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The starkest contrast between two summertime TV hits about women navigating midlife’s challenges shows up in the way its leading ladies handle themselves in the kitchen.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The starkest contrast between then and now is the fiscal policy situation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
And that is a universal journey that transcends even the starkest barriers of language, culture and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026
Stuart Symington, the secretary of the Air Force, articulated Americans' fears in their starkest terms.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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The Catcher in the Rye
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