sunup
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When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Coaches joke that Moore lives in the practice facility, in before sunup and out after sundown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Once-near-empty streets are lined with cars from sunup to sundown, parked by true-crime addicts, serial killer aficionados and some people obsessed specifically with the Gilgo Beach murders.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Many community gardens and urban farms have limited membership, but most food forests are open to the community from sunup to sundown.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2023
Just before sunup he began to get very, very tired, and so he climbed the tree and rested his legs.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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