dawn
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Lobsterman Steve Train starts every workday before dawn about $1,000 in the hole, a hike in expenses driven by soaring fuel costs that are hammering Maine's flagship maritime industry ahead of US midterm elections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The full extent of the damage did not become clear until dawn broke on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Sheriff’s Office, along with California Highway Patrol and search-and-rescue volunteers, began searching for the hikers at dawn Tuesday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
This was in the early 2020s, the dawn of the smooth-talking chatbot era.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Somehow, before dawn, he had to get out of here.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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They also suggest that the disinflation earlier this year may have been another of the false dawns that have typified recent Fed performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
In some sense, this is akin to the realization that dawns on most people regarding their parents: Before we came along, they had a whole identity that had nothing to do with us.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
As another Grand Slam season dawns, many players still believe they are undervalued and denied a voice in key decisions made by the major championships.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
I bang into the room before the oddity of the situation dawns on me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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“It dawned on me: The moment has come,” she later recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And if Snead was going to win himself a championship, it dawned on him that everything that had carried the Rams to this point would have to change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It also does not appear to have dawned on them that they are high-profile individuals, likely to attract attention, with footage finding its way to social media, as happened with Carse.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But as we drove further into the village it dawned on us just how many of the bright white Andalusian homes had seemingly been spared.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
As she looked at the bricks in the wall, it dawned on her that they formed a pattern.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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A sizable portion of the generation born after World War II imagined a new age was dawning in the Golden State.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“There’s just a dawning understanding of broader American consciousness about caregiving and aging. It’s a massive infrastructure issue and economic issue that will impact all of us in some way.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Graham Burnett, a history professor at Princeton University, sees "the dawning of an authentic movement," similar to the birth of the environmental movement in the 1960s, which led to landmark environmental protections.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The dawning of reality should be close at hand now for England players - 'maybe it's not you, Scotland, maybe it's us'.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
He stared at me for a second, the dawning of understanding on his face, and then said, “Yeah.”
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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