nocturnal
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The shoot required Cregger to be mostly nocturnal and work through bouts of walking pneumonia and a severe bacterial infection, but Abrams said the director was always clearheaded about what he wanted to achieve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
But they are too strange to be memoiristic: “In the evening we flower; like strange nocturnal plants we put out our display.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
These days, you’re as likely to see a #cleanliving West Village girl clutching a can of rocket fuel as you are a BMX-mounted daredevil or a nocturnal gamer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It'll take you a few days to fully adapt, but after that you'll be almost nocturnal and will manage to take in the England game and all the other late-night fixtures.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
From a host of small details imperceptible to others, Jean learned to guess when she was planning one of her nocturnal excursions to the river.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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