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Fire had blackened the field.
The sky blackened as the storm approached.
Their false accusations failed to blacken my reputation.
a presidency blackened by scandal
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On a Saturday afternoon in early July, the clouds blackened above Hampton Court Palace, southwest of London.
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Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
The other, taken just after the October 7 attack, shows the same homes blackened and destroyed in the militants’ rampage.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Today, Rafah is uninhabitable, its buildings crumbled and blackened.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
Damage inspections were ongoing, officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said in a post on X.
The fire burning in Clearlake, about 110 miles northwest of Sacramento, had blackened at least 76 acres as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire reports.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
The other, taken just after the October 7 attack, shows the same homes blackened and destroyed in the militants’ rampage.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Today, Rafah is uninhabitable, its buildings crumbled and blackened.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
Damage inspections were ongoing, officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said in a post on X.
The fire burning in Clearlake, about 110 miles northwest of Sacramento, had blackened at least 76 acres as of Monday morning, according to Cal Fire reports.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Blacken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacken. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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blacken
verb
black·en
ˈblak-ən 
blackened; blackening
ˈblak-(ə-)niŋ
1
: to make or become dark or black
2
: to hurt the reputation of
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