afternoon

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“I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Daniel Ilacqua said during a Monday afternoon court hearing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The Israeli military issued a fresh evacuation order for Nabatieh town on Tuesday afternoon.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

So does whisking together a vinaigrette, simmering a stock or spending an afternoon fussing over a sauce that nobody asked you to make.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

That afternoon, she said, there’d been confusion in her knitting group about sock sizes and they’d asked the supervisor to come and settle it.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom