nightfall
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By nightfall, the building’s historic bell tower had caught fire and collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Aerial support crews, grounded by bad weather earlier in the week, hoped to keep operating until nightfall, when civil protection drones would take over the task of monitoring for "potential flare-ups," the governor's statement said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
These eight steps can help keep bedrooms cooler before nightfall.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
After nightfall, it drops down some 50cm to a leaf, a branch or the forest floor and creates an anchor point using a silk line.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The city’s saa-horn had at last announced nightfall.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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