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Another recurring visual – a newsstand ablaze, orange flames shooting into a dusky sky – provides a stirring corollary to the journalists who describe what their calling has cost them.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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This spiral-shaped cloud is faintly visible to the naked eye under a clear, moonless sky.David J Eicher, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2020
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Look to the southeast and south for that this month—and this week in particular, which will be largely moonless.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 June 2022
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The episode’s host, John Mulaney, played a news junkie who was quizzed about the more obscure 2024 general-election players, such as Special Counsel Jack Smith.Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Six years after the 2018 Supreme Court decision that led to widespread legalization of mobile sports betting, U.S. sportsbooks dangle a variety of granular and obscure potential wagers in front of customers.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The tips of my lashes are blonde and can make a mascara look rather dusty if it's not pigmented enough, but that wasn't a concern with this pitch-dark formulation.Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 8 July 2024
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The book also shares with Park’s films a pitch-dark, absurdist humor.Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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In the dim light of the forest, with shadows and foliage obscuring the view, a brief glimpse of a bear standing upright could be confused with the legendary Sasquatch.Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Listen to this article A siren screamed down 31st Street as six men faced one another in a dim church and began to chant.Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Following the Foo Fighters frontman's Sept. 10 post, Violet appeared to deactivate her Instagram account, before returning to post a carousel of images, including a dark photo of a building, an image of a gig and a selfie showing the teenager with black hair.Becca Longmire, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Whenever one filled up, the park rangers replaced it with a new notebook and took the old one back to headquarters, where they’ve all been kept for years inside a dark cabinet in a back room.John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
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Day of the Dead greetings Despite its cheerful appearance, Dia de los Muertos is a somber holiday to honor those who have passed on.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024
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Despite Captain Robert Massey’s somber reminder that real life can occasionally intrude on the magic of the Odyssey, the show itself is highly polished make believe.Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
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Walking into that pitch-black space, not seeing anything while having my eyes wide open exhilarated and frightened me.Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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On Sunday night, billionaire Elon Musk, in a pitch-black Make America Great Again hat, took the stage at Madison Square Garden to introduce former President Donald Trump to a packed audience of MAGA supporters.Will Steakin, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Penumbral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penumbral. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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