How to Use go dark in a Sentence
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The moment a pet bolts past the last tower, the tracker goes dark.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 July 2026
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The anchor of my entire day—my money, my messages, my way home—went dark.
—Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
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The worst four months were spent completely alone in a small cell, beneath a bright light that never went dark.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
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There s not totality — the sky does not go dark and the sun’s corona does not appear.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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When a facility this power-hungry goes dark, the loss is not the wiring.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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String lights glowed overhead as the San Gabriel Mountains went dark behind them.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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The room suddenly went dark, and Depp — still dressed as Scrooge — emerged, guided by the light of his candle.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026
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The only sound that matters around here is the cheers accompanying one more title before the game goes dark.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
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While the show may have gone dark for good, a piece of its history is lighting up a corner of West Hollywood.
—Alys Martinez, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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After a brief back-and-forth, the video shows the employee’s hand reaching toward the camera before Varela’s phone goes dark.
—Thom Jensen, NBC news, 20 July 2026
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Keeping the party going after the final whistle Don’t let the experience end when the scoreboard goes dark.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
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Streaks of light fly down the carriage in one dueling scene, and in the show’s climax, the lights go dark when a dementor — played by a hooded actor puppeteering the creature strapped to their torso — floats down the aisle.
—Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
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Officials traced his cell phone data, reporting that his phone went dark during the hours of the crime, and then reconnected to cellular towers after the fatal incident.
—Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 29 July 2026
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However, Stars Hollow isn't going dark; the beloved drama will move to Amazon Prime Video and is already available on Hulu and Disney+.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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Everyone else across western Europe and parts of North America will see a partial eclipse — a technically interesting sight, but missing the defining moment of totality, when the sky goes dark and the solar corona becomes visible to the naked eye.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
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The company’s Enform connectivity, which relied on the 3G network and was fitted to nearly all 2010–2017 models, went dark overnight because the hardware simply wasn’t forward‑compatible.
—Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
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The San Francisco Bay Area no longer has live racing after Golden Gate Fields went dark in 2024 and Bay Meadows ended racing in 2008.
—Lili Kobielski, NBC news, 29 June 2026
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The historic theater went dark during the pandemic and, to the dismay of Angelenos, remained permanently closed after its owners Pacific Theatres, which includes Arclight Cinemas, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2021.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2026
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