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The phrase "a dark year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a year that was particularly difficult, challenging, or filled with negative events.
Example: "2020 was a dark year for many due to the global pandemic and its widespread impact on lives and economies."
Alternatives: "a bleak year" or "a grim year".
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That is welcome news after a dark year, Mr. Dhaliwal said.
From the contained Ebola epidemic to the upcoming Presidential election, some bright spots in a dark year of news.
That diagnosis led me down a dark year that included nine months of chemotherapy and a 15-hour surgery to reconstruct my left leg.
If 2011 had been a dark year for Milito, then it had been another utterly remarkable one for his compatriot Javier Zanetti, the 38-year-old enjoying more playing time in Serie A – 3,411 minutes – than any other player over the course of the calendar year.
A dark year for the bulls: 1999, when their picks dropped 4% while the market rose 23%.
The Olympic disappointment completed a dark year for football followers in Africa's most populous country after country and club failures.
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In a pretty dark year, it was a surprise to see some of the most rib-tickling games ever released.
This has been a very dark year for the company for a simple reason — an accounting scandal.
In what has often been a harsh, dark year, this ragtag, impromptu army of volunteers has been a point of light.
This has been a very dark year, and I've gone to some very dark places working on these stories.
It's late afternoon, the cusp of December , 1941— the darkest month coming to close out what has been, for Paris, a very dark year.
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