sunup

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When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Before sunup on Jan. 8, as the Eaton fire roared across the San Gabriel Mountains, a blaze of texts and calls lit up my phone with a ferocity of their own.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

Many community gardens and urban farms have limited membership, but most food forests are open to the community from sunup to sundown.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

We have you covered, whether you’re still reveling at sunup or in bed by countdown.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Just before sunup he began to get very, very tired, and so he climbed the tree and rested his legs.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara