dusk

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They are most active during pup-leaving season between September and November and during dawn and dusk.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He also advises recreating in areas where there are lifeguards keeping an eye out for sharks and to avoid swimming or surfing around dawn and dusk when shark feeding behavior tends to peak.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Pruetz and her team of Senegalese researchers follow the group's adult males, which currently number 10, choosing one each day to track from dawn to dusk.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

But in the powerless dusk, as the sun slipped behind the Rockies, the cottage we had rented began to light up with candles—short, tall, big, small, whatever we could find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

When dusk actually closed, and when Adèle left me to go and play in the nursery with Sophie, I did most keenly desire it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë