summer solstice

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Midsummer Day, a celebration of the summer solstice in Sweden, lands on June 20—the same day Sweden takes on the Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Because Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbit, areas outside the tropics experience one yearly peak in solar radiation near the summer solstice.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Yet on the summer solstice, I spotted his SUV at the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

It is composed of sarsens and bluestones, all of them aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

“But he may not have time. The summer solstice deadline—” “Will have to be resolved without him, Grover. Let him enjoy his ignorance while he still can.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan