graveyard shift

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I always did the graveyard shift: I worked for 54 years.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The graveyard shift will become the domain of retail investors and specialized firms.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Long-time evening anchor Wolf Blitzer was also asked to move to the mornings and, in a certain light, Acosta's potential bump to the graveyard shift can be seen as an accommodation of that.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Faye works the graveyard shift at a hectic Florida hospital.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

City buses and trolleys circulated from morning till night, swelling with riders before the orange and pink of dawn, as employees punching out from the graveyard shift met early birds just starting their day.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly