1
: lasting throughout the night
an all-night poker game
2
: open throughout the night
an all-night diner
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Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
These motion sensor flood lights don’t provide the stagnant, all-night light experts warn against.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
In the memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the White House called on the House to quickly approve the budget resolution that GOP senators had approved in an all-night session last week to kickstart the process.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
And any changes to the budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for the GOP-only bill would have to go back to the Senate, which adopted its version after an all-night voting marathon last week.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
These motion sensor flood lights don’t provide the stagnant, all-night light experts warn against.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
In the memo late Tuesday to lawmakers, the White House called on the House to quickly approve the budget resolution that GOP senators had approved in an all-night session last week to kickstart the process.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
And any changes to the budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for the GOP-only bill would have to go back to the Senate, which adopted its version after an all-night voting marathon last week.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
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“All-night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all-night. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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