dead of night
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Ten months after the most mind-boggling trade in basketball history went down in the dead of night, only one thing is unsurprising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
In the dead of night, he and his partner move quickly to roll out their cargo from a van.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
But there has been concern over whether slow services running in the dead of night can be economically viable.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
Then came a flash of light so bright that in the dead of night they could briefly see out their window the rocks and gullies of the San Gabriel foothills behind their house.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
He found he could hide from daylight and moonshine, and make his way swiftly and softly by dead of night with his pale cold eyes, and catch small frightened or unwary things.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
