dusk
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People who are at high risk are urged to be especially cautious outdoors at dusk and dawn, when mosquito activity is highest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Parkin said while "it won't go pitch black", it would "go semi-dark, it'll be like dusk", leaving only a thin crescent of sunlight visible.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The fact that Saturn's cusp is displaced toward dusk provides evidence that a planet's rotation rate can fundamentally reshape its nearby space environment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
A search-and-rescue plane sat grounded until dusk, awaiting a deputy trained to operate its sophisticated surveillance system, The Wall Street Journal found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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