overnight
Example Sentences
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Floodwaters in the capital Colombo peaked overnight, and with rain now stopped there were hopes that waters would begin receding.
From Barron's
The thieves broke into the farm overnight into Monday, cutting a border fence before breaking into farm buildings, but a complaint was only filed with police later in the week, news site Franceinfo reported.
From BBC
Some of the crew, attempting to return to the ship after delivering supplies onshore, got stranded in the village overnight when they got cut off from the vessel by ice.
Separately, a major consortium transporting oil from the Caspian region said it had suspended loading in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, after an attack by unmanned boats overnight.
From BBC
The Derrylin Road remained closed for some time overnight, but reopened on Saturday morning.
From BBC
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