twilight
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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
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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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