graveyard shift
noun
: a work shift beginning late at night (such as 11 o'clock)
also
: the workers on such a shift
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Discovering a mysterious beam of light during a graveyard shift, Bruner reawakens with visions of extraterrestrials and a slippery sense of reality.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s nemesis Jim Acosta leaves CNN after he is punted to graveyard shift
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss CNN host Jim Acosta deciding to leave the network after he was moved to a late night show.
—The Hill, 28 Jan. 2025
But years later, a detective would ask her to relive this particular graveyard shift.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
President Trump’s nemesis Jim Acosta leaves CNN after he is punted to graveyard shift
Robby Soave and Niall Stanage discuss CNN host Jim Acosta deciding to leave the network after he was moved to a late night show.
—The Hill, 28 Jan. 2025
But years later, a detective would ask her to relive this particular graveyard shift.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
The titular security professional, as this loquacious young man thinks of himself, guards a Manhattan residential building on the graveyard shift when trouble, in the shape of two police officers, comes walking into his lobby.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Graveyard shift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard%20shift. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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