before dawn
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Meteor showers aren't the only reason to get outside before dawn.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Daylight saving time officially comes to a close before dawn Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
We are introduced to a former housemaid, who, before being diagnosed as insane, was “up before dawn with scuttle bucket and shovel, home in the dark to the thatch dripping soot.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It was just before dawn in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and the congregation were arriving for the Friday service at the tiny La Lomita Catholic Chapel.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Just before dawn we find two overturned carts in the road, grains of wheat spilled everywhere and a few empty baskets rolled on their sides across the road.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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