moon
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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
Those include colonizing Mars, putting more than 1 million satellites in orbit and putting mass drivers on the moon.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
While earlier studies had examined the movement of water molecules on the moon, this research is the first to model the behavior of an organic molecule such as methane.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 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 her hands was a sickle moon, and behind her was an outcrop of spindly red trees with branches that looked like crooked fingers.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
For four-day periods every year from March to August, legions of small, silver fish called grunion ride the waves ashore for mating rituals, beginning on the nights of the full and new moons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Because hydrogen remains stable at very low temperatures, the researchers found it could act as an effective insulating blanket around these moons, helping them hold onto heat for billions of years.
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
Billions of kilometers of space, and more suns and moons than I can count, separate me from home.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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
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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
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
Bad-boy drummer Tommy Lee, known for mooning the audience and for his marriage to Heather Locklear, is a key part of the band’s hardcore image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
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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