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
Despite receiving treatment from the team's physio at half-time, Lang did not realise the cut on his elbow had been infected until he noticed swelling and increasing pain during a night shift that evening.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Tending crops by day then logging on for a night shift of data labelling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a rising rural Indian workforce helping power an artificial intelligence revolution.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
As the recent night shift wore on, the Speed Kingz crew kept coming up empty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Joan was still in school, staying late for the Biology Club; Regina was in a nursing class, to be followed by library work and then a night shift after that.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.