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sunrise

[suhn-rahyz] / ˈsʌnˌraɪz /


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It was too late to climb and too dark to send up a drone, so he decided to wait for sunrise.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

As we rode into the sunrise between cornfields, we began encountering riders we would see often—mostly passing us—on road bikes, folding bikes, recumbents, fixies, e-bikes, tandems, clunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

“I like to joke that if we stood barefoot in a stream in a forest while looking at the sunrise, you would get a lot of the same benefits as the BioCharger,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

For some it was before sunrise; others stayed up well past midnight in their time zone.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

At sunrise Abel was at the river, where he washed, had breakfast, and got to work on his bridge.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

There could be some colorful sunsets and sunrises, said meteorologist Lamont Bain of the weather service’s Monterey office.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

He said he loved seeing sunrises and sunsets on the ocean, as well as whales, some great white sharks, turtles and sea crocodiles.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m., bringing earlier sunrises, sunsets, and an hour more of darkness for Californians.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2025

“You and me, Brady, we seen more sunrises in a month than some people see their whole lives.”

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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