night shift

Example Sentences

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In 2026 the city holds the title European Capital of Culture, though culture has been working the night shift here for centuries.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Colleagues and relatives said the women who died had chosen to work the night shift so they could be with their children during the day.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Doukopil claimed that his night shift will be “more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite.”

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

He was found at 05:16 the next day near Grangetown train station by a cleaner who had just finished a night shift.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

When Day wasn’t working the night shift, he and Henrietta spent evenings at home, playing cards and listening to Bennie Smith play blues guitar on the radio after the kids went to sleep.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot