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When the sun rose on the 17th, it was revealed that the colonists—possibly out of a last-minute change of plans, possibly out of moonlit confusion—had built a rough defensive fort on the other hill, Breed’s Hill.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Nearby Signal Hill takes you even higher above the moonlit desert.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
Chiave said that Zénith Nomade was born from a vision rooted in taking the chandelier down from the ceiling and hanging it on a tree branch, as an alternative way to enhance moonlit dining and everyday living.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Nearby Signal Hill takes you even higher above the moonlit desert.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
Chiave said that Zénith Nomade was born from a vision rooted in taking the chandelier down from the ceiling and hanging it on a tree branch, as an alternative way to enhance moonlit dining and everyday living.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Moonlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonlit. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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moonlit
adjective
moon·lit
ˈmün-ˌlit 
: lighted by the moon
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