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nightfall
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He said climbing tours were popular and the weather conditions were good, but wondered why the mountaineers were climbing late in the afternoon, as the descent would have then taken until nightfall.
The great paradox of a new celebrity version, she smiles, is that none of their careers and reputations "count for anything come nightfall".
The High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana — the Jewish New Year — and continue through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which ends at nightfall Oct.
Come nightfall, the eerie silence is often pierced by the woeful bleat of a wandering burro.
By nightfall, the damage is done: another collapse in the dirt, another family handed a death certificate instead of a paycheck.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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