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

Just before dawn on Nov. 13, 2024, FBI agents smashed through the door of Shayne Coplan’s penthouse apartment in Manhattan, barged into his bedroom and grabbed his phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

That strike, at dawn on January 9, left half the capital without heating and many residents without electricity for days in sub-zero temperatures.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Just after dawn on the morning of our fourth day on Cape Torokina I was at the command tent when one of our Marine medics rushed in.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac