sunrise
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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
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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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