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moon

[moon] / mun /




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The agency publishes a schedule of what days and times to expect the ritual, based on moon cycles and the timing at San Pedro’s Cabrillo Beach, a known grunion hotspot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The paper leads with the words of one mother whose son died in the crowd crush: "I'm over the moon".

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In contrast, parts of the moon have remained largely unchanged for billions of years, making them an ideal archive of early solar system history.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

SpaceX has big dreams, including colonizing Mars, operating orbital data centers and putting a mass driver on the moon that would make it easier to put satellites in orbit.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Suddenly a knight came toward him, also dressed in full armor, a shining moon painted on his shield.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Symbols that the pioneering assemblage artist has been “remixing” for more than seven decades — stars, moons, eyes, hands — emerge in vibrant washes of magenta, teal and her favored crepuscular blues.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

"Many celestial bodies like moons and planets that are very close to their parent stars are what we call tidally locked," he explains.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

If many of those planets also host moons, the number of possible environments where life could exist may be far larger than previously thought.

From Science Daily May 29, 2026

Many moons ago I received the great accolade of being named Premier League manager of the season - with Crystal Palace in 2014.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Patches covered the entire back panel with moons, rocket ships, skulls, alien heads, and something that looked like a chupacabra.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Perkins: What’s so great about this is seeing someone who looks like Lakeith being mooned after.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2019

She and Tom Arnold had mooned the crowd at a World Series game to show off their matching tattoos.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2018

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spin-off, Angel, were cult classics, the just-home-from-school fantasy shows that made vampires sexy long before R-Patz and Kristen mooned at each other in Twilight.

From The Guardian Jun. 2, 2013

So far, she seems mild-mannered compared with McQueen, who once mooned the crowd, in lieu of a bow, at the end of his runway show.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2011

Mate mooned over one in red patent leather with a snap in the shape of a heart.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate Dec. 22, 2024

Would there be a ShyBelligerent if he still were mooning around Compton?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2024

To say that “a computer understands” is like saying that your car is losing its sense of humor or mooning over an old girlfriend.

From Washington Post Apr. 24, 2023

Footage captured the moment a terminally ill man was arrested by police officers after "mooning" at speed camera van.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2021

I used to resent it when my mother would forget I was an adult, but I’m approaching the maundering phase myself, digging out the yellowing baby pictures, mooning over locks of hair.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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