dawn on

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Greenpeace activists scaled a monument in front of Congress at dawn on Wednesday and unfurled a banner urging lawmakers "not to betray the Argentine people."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Between midnight and dawn on Tuesday, the Earth will pass directly between the sun and the moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was killed during a military operation carried out at dawn on Sunday in the town of Tapalpa, in the central-western state of Jalisco.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Before dawn on Dec. 10, U.S. forces captured the Guyana-flagged Skipper for allegedly transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

At dawn on Thanksgiving Day, Papa, Roberto, and I drove in our Carcachita for miles, looking for cotton fields that were being picked.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez