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sunset

[suhn-set] / ˈsʌnˌsɛt /


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The eclipse swept down from the Arctic and over the Atlantic Ocean before sunset.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Charlie Payne, who has been helping to organise an event on the Isles of Scilly, advised people who plan to go it alone to "pick your favourite place to watch the sunset."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

But the phenomenon is fleeting: for observers in Spain, the total eclipse will last less than two minutes just before sunset.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

We sit high above the city at La Terrasse in the Port Benidorm Hotel just before sunset.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

They’re all landscapes—of the river and meadows mostly, one of Old Joe’s farm at sunset, and one of a garden with a lily pond.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The benefit of year-round daylight saving time would be 5:44 p.m. sunsets shortly after Thanksgiving for Los Angeles — a delight for Angelenos unhappy with 4:44 p.m. sunsets as winter approaches.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

San Francisco would see its earliest sunsets at 5:51 p.m. in late November and early December, where it’s now 4:51 p.m. on standard time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The sunsets, which feature every shade of sorbet imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Even the picturesque beaches and striking sunsets couldn’t dispel the tension among the members of Earth, Wind & Fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

They took on a color that you can usually see only in sunsets.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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