afternoon

The afternoon is forecast to be warm, with scattered fair-weather cloud across southern and central parts of the country, and only a little more cloud forecast for northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Shares led the Europe-wide Stoxx 600, rising 8.7% to 41.94 Swedish kroner and marking a three-month high in early afternoon European trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

On a July afternoon in 2024, a private jet carrying three men from Mexico touched down at a small airport a few miles west of El Paso.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“If the NWS says 30 percent chance of ‘scattered afternoon thunderstorms,’ that means there’s high confidence of storms, but they won’t be widespread within your area.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Saturday afternoon meant throngs of people on the sidewalk— young and old couples, women in pastel dresses clutching kids and handbags, everyone moving at a leisurely pace.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

In the basement of St. Boniface Church in Anaheim on weekday afternoons and weekend mornings in the mid-1990s, my sister, about 20 other teenagers and I learned about the tenets of our faith.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

European authorities issued health warnings, battled wildfires and urged people to avoid outdoor activities during afternoons.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

While the afternoons blazed, Tim sailed Melville’s waves of prose, alert to the rumble of an epic whale beneath their surface.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The animateurs – most of whom are on short-term contracts – are expected to look after young children during meal-times and in the afternoons after classes finish.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Some afternoons she spent time reorganizing the massive room so that she could find things more easily, although it was too cold to stay in there for long.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland