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Orion had made its closest sweep past the Moon, endured its spell of isolation, watched an eclipse in the black and then let lunar gravity bend its path back towards Earth.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden star in the black comedy/crime thriller set in Australia as co-dependent siblings willing to do anything to get their spray-tan business off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
“When a new list came out, I had a dinner partner who first said he’d hoped he wasn’t in the black book,” remembers Euan Rellie, the co-founder of investment firm BDA Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The crowd was not dressed in Miami pink but in the black and gold of LAFC, which won 3-0.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
As discussed in chapter 4, during Jim Crow, racial stigma contributed to racial solidarity in the black community.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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