The council debated the Black Laws before voting to amend them.

By midnight the last of the Black Marias rolled away, heavy with prisoners and sirens fading into the rain.

A lone black birch stood at the roadside, its dark, cherry-like bark and fragrant sap hinting at the birch beer that could be brewed from it.

Many historians point to Black Tuesday as the moment when the American economy began its long slide into the Great Depression.

We served Black Russians to our guests after dinner.

I hailed a black cab outside the theatre when the rain started to pour.

The old ledger was full of black letters that stood out against the yellowed pages.

A small conservation team tracked the black rhinoceros across the savanna to monitor its health.

Journalists uncovered how black markets thrive during economic crises, selling scarce medicines at inflated prices.

Astronomers theorize that black dwarfs would be cold, dark remnants of white dwarfs after trillions of years.