late afternoon

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It’s late afternoon, and the sun warmly filters through the windows of the room, a space he calls his “sanctuary,” the place he has written his last 15 movies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The scene in the rainbow picture is late afternoon in haying season, probably July.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The incident at the heart of the defamation case dates back to September 2023, when MacInnes and Ghost, a producer on The Deb, went to Bondi Beach for a late afternoon swim.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Temperatures at Charles de Gaulle had been hovering at around 18 degrees in the late afternoon, according to Weather Underground data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In the late afternoon, Pa gave me a break from chores—that alone would count as a Wonder in my book, though I didn’t say it out loud.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney