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stark

[stahrk] / stɑrk /




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Borgli’s audacious, stark writing defies faux outrage, even if that performative indignation will be an inevitable product of a film so daring.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The relatively intact inner circle of this term stands in stark contrast to his first term in office between 2017 and 2021, which saw a flurry of firings and replacements.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The attitude is in stark contrast to Amorim, who admitted to getting emotional at the performances of his team.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

McMurtry’s stark assessment grew in part from a vexation that, despite his lifelong project to demythologize the cowboy, the ultimate American icon, his most celebrated book had the inverse effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

A thick fog lay in the valley below, a smoldering cauldron of white from which only the treetops protruded, stark and Dantesque.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt