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[dawn] / dɔn /




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Ramilah starts at the crack of dawn with housework, taking care of the cows and feeding the family's stock of tilapia fish.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Police investigating a suspected organised crime group have arrested 17 people in dawn raids at 24 properties in London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Back in the ’70s, were you aware that you were at the dawn of an important cultural movement?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The dawn of a new, less dangerous era.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

After several false dawns, Dorrian's patience paid off when Clive Nates came on board in 2016 – eventually taking over as chairman in 2018.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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

Investors burned by false dawns in China’s property market are reluctant to reprice assets without unmistakable signals.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

At first I am at a loss to understand, then it suddenly dawns on me.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

When the 20th century dawned, nearly all of Asia was under the colonial boot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Eddie Hearn choked up mid-sentence during the final news conference when it dawned on him this was the last time he would experience a Taylor fight week.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

Then it dawned on her the ring could have been in the box with her Vinted order.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

I sat up, heart pounding, slapping at the blank wall for the light switch until the terrible realization dawned on me that I was not in my own room.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

"I can't read instruction manuals, but I've watched YouTube tutorials," he says, generating a growling bass line that sounds like the dawning of the apocalypse.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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

It’s dawning on both the equity and bond markets that this conflict isn’t looking like a fleeting affair, said Amar Reganti, fixed-income strategist at Hartford Funds.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

It even overwhelms his dawning understanding of Venice’s spreading cholera outbreak, as he concludes he would rather stay on vacation than save the boy—or himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

The Amber Alert, it's dawning on me, is a missing child notice.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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