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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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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.
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Eventually, Dad needed to referee, settling disputes and trying to end things before noses were bloodied and eyes were blackened.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
On a Saturday afternoon in early July, the clouds blackened above Hampton Court Palace, southwest of London.
—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
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Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Eventually, Dad needed to referee, settling disputes and trying to end things before noses were bloodied and eyes were blackened.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
On a Saturday afternoon in early July, the clouds blackened above Hampton Court Palace, southwest of London.
—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
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“Blacken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacken. Accessed 1 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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