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twilight

[twahy-lahyt] / ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt /


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For southern Canada, much of the US and northern Mexico, day becomes twilight and breathing outdoors without masks becomes increasingly difficult.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

As twilight settled on a hillside by the river near the eastern Ukrainian front, two soldiers exchanged wedding vows during a Slavic ritual honouring ancestors and fallen warriors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Age suggests Salah is entering the twilight of his career, but there is evidence he still has plenty to offer.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

So if James wanted to spend his twilight chasing an elusive fifth championship, the single smartest thing he could do was take a pay cut to join a ready-made contender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

As Taran’s eyes grew accustomed to this yellow twilight, he made out a heavy, studded portal with a slot at the base.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

And there have been others who won as role players in the twilights of their careers, such as Gary Payton and Jason Kidd.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

And so many kids spend their twilights there still hoping and shooting and trying again until the night falls.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023

L.A. got under my skin, with its barely contained chaos and lingering twilights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022

Harris won a Tony Award — her fifth — for a performance that Kerr called a “generous, spiny, proud, bemusedly defiant, subtly yielding evocation of Emily Dickinson’s mornings, twilights, and sometimes busy midnights.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2019

You see, Dan, when the moon shines, the deer feed at night instead of in the twilights and the dawn.

From The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall


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