in the black
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Taken together, it might seem incredible that the S&P 500 is still ever so slightly in the black.
From Barron's
His stomach was empty, but it was churning, too, from fear and the bitter water he had swallowed in the black pool.
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“Many homeowners may be reluctant to sell their homes in the near future, instead opting to wait and hope that their home values turn around and they get back in the black,” he explained.
From MarketWatch
One of his earliest patients was a man already in the black “sphacelus” stage, the limb putrefying while still attached.
Coal stood in the black exhaust from the school bus.
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