twilight
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A twilight stroll through “Carved” at Descanso Gardens is like walking through a Halloween fairy tale, as exquisitely designed pumpkins surround and dazzle us in glowing installations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The fight arrives later than anybody wanted, with both in the twilight of their careers, but for years British boxing's biggest heavyweight rivalry seemed destined to remain a story of what might have been.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
For southern Canada, much of the US and northern Mexico, day becomes twilight and breathing outdoors without masks becomes increasingly difficult.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The shadow cast by the alignment of Sun and Moon creates a strange twilight during which temperatures drop, shadows appear at strange angles and some animals go to sleep.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
As soon as the platform was cloaked in twilight, Roz started cautiously creeping toward the tower.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Because of the longevity of their careers, too many people will remember them mostly in their twilights, which is a shame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
And there have been others who won as role players in the twilights of their careers, such as Gary Payton and Jason Kidd.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
And so many kids spend their twilights there still hoping and shooting and trying again until the night falls.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023
Harris won a Tony Award — her fifth — for a performance that Kerr called a “generous, spiny, proud, bemusedly defiant, subtly yielding evocation of Emily Dickinson’s mornings, twilights, and sometimes busy midnights.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019
In the slow-fading twilights, the two women set their stage, gave cues for entrances and exits.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe
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