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This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
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Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
Another aspect of this new digital dark age comes from not being able to see what others are doing.
—Gina Neff, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Retinoids may smoothen fine lines, wrinkles, and even dark age spots.
—Hallie Gould, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
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Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
Another aspect of this new digital dark age comes from not being able to see what others are doing.
—Gina Neff, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Retinoids may smoothen fine lines, wrinkles, and even dark age spots.
—Hallie Gould, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
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Shots of a lioness silhouetted against a sunset and trees silhouetted against a stormy sky are very detailed; the contours of the lioness and both the texture and color of leaves and bark on the trees come through without looking blown out.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Think about the jackass, who probably isn’t enjoying a stunning pink-purple sunset.Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Risk mitigation: Investors recognize that climate change and environmental degradation pose long-term risks to the financial system and specific sectors.Christer Holloman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In addition, there has been some recent degradation of rangeland and pastures, as well as a lack of soil moisture for the establishment of fall-sown crops, including winter wheat, according to the USDA.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Chinese ruling party's past anxieties over regime security played a significant role in the rapid deterioration of the bilateral relationship.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The deterioration in Volkswagen’s prospects point to worsening conditions in the private sector in Germany.Hanna Ziady, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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The morale of many of the workers already had been at a low ebb, given two rounds of layoffs — including the departure of 115 journalists early this year, more than 20% of the newsroom — following a period of growth and hiring since 2017.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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The corresponding app offers readouts, showing when users’ glucose levels spike and ebb throughout the day.Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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When Neptune crossed in front of a star, the planet seemed to block some of the starlight even before reaching a full eclipse, suggesting that some wispy mass drifted beyond the geographical boundary of the planet—a ring, perhaps.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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As viewed from the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, the eclipse of the sun by Phobos took just 36 seconds.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Maybe the game won't sync across platforms, and the impedance of having to start all over will be enough to prevent notable devolution.Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Stan shows us that devolution with a careful precision, forgoing imitation for a true embodiment.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
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Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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America, Where the Dogs Don’t Bark and the Birds Don’t Sing The Comte de Buffon's thirty-six volume Natural History claimed that America was a land of degeneracy.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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That’s the news out of Oxford University, where a recent study found that there are at least 15 modifiable lifestyle factors that contribute to the acceleration of brain degeneration.Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
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Conventional cotton farming leads to soil degeneration due to intensive use of pesticides and contributes to climate irregularities.Judith Magyar, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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