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stark

[stahrk] / stɑrk /




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But Ruiz, who works as an independent researcher at Ianigla, says there's a "stark paradox" in the scientific community's response to the reforms.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Here, the sun cast stark, dramatic shadows across the moon’s steep cliffs, rugged ripples and seemingly bottomless craters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But the contrast is so stark it has created an anomaly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The IMF chief signalled in her opening remarks that the Fund would downgrade its global growth forecast due to the war, and she had a stark warning:

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Ahead of me spread a vast, stark world of winter-dead trees.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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