moonlight
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That meant some reflected moonlight from clouds in the lower atmosphere was present, but not enough to overwhelm the much fainter airglow signal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
D-day, secretly known as Operation Overlord, was timed based on several factors, including the weather, the tides and the moonlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
As many as four nights a week, Parsons uses the family’s Toyota hybrid to moonlight as a DoorDash driver, making between $15 and $20 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
I hung them up by the window, where I could see them clearly in the moonlight.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Flock cameras and data centers worry Lynn, the factory supervisor, who moonlights as a social-media influencer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
A brash and confident young earthbending prodigy, Toph moonlights as a champion fighter called the Blind Bandit, unbeknownst to her overprotective upper-class parents who think their little girl is helpless.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Catriona Byers is a historian who moonlights as a food stylist.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Sharon Lowell, a lead equipment operator, moonlights as a beekeeper on her San Juan Island property.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
“Right. I suppose he moonlights as a boxer?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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He moonlighted as an Uber driver to land the lead role advising the ride-sharing company on its 2018 offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Dyer grew up in a place called Townsville and displayed a performative streak early on thanks, in part, to her father, a lawyer, who moonlighted as a musical performer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
He also moonlighted under assumed names at several radio stations in the Washington area.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said his most nightmarish experience with the company occurred when he moonlighted as an Uber delivery driver.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
So, I moonlighted as a concierge at the Marriott Hotel and sold lingerie at Nordstrom.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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At the time, Oxford had been moonlighting for a sales company that offered welding machines, generators, and other equipment door to door.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Busby began moonlighting in the honky tonks and was soon making more money with his mandolin than he could as a fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some didn’t even sell insurance full-time, moonlighting from jobs in real estate or other fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“When I first rode in the Golden Dragon Chinese New Year parade with him, I looked at him and thought, ‘Are you moonlighting as a movie star?’” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Teachers, especially a teacher moonlighting as a counselor, tend to get left out of student gossip.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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