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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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But the task has been performed so many times that dust and metal from the robot’s fingers have blackened the edges.
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The fire burned for 64 days, blackening 429,603 acres in Butte and Tehama counties and destroying 709 homes and other structures.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
But the wreckage remains — some 243 structures destroyed, a quarter of Ventura County’s avocado groves blackened, power lines downed, miles of irrigation pipes melted ... and a beloved perennial nursery in Somis burned and nearly shuttered.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The fire burned for 64 days, blackening 429,603 acres in Butte and Tehama counties and destroying 709 homes and other structures.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
But the wreckage remains — some 243 structures destroyed, a quarter of Ventura County’s avocado groves blackened, power lines downed, miles of irrigation pipes melted ... and a beloved perennial nursery in Somis burned and nearly shuttered.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Blacken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacken. Accessed 21 Dec. 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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