in broad daylight
idiom
: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night
The crime was committed in broad daylight.
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Alex Pretti, an intensive-care nurse at a Veteran Affairs hospital, was shot and killed by ICE agents in broad daylight.
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Tevon Blair, Essence, 28 Jan. 2026
Having immigration officers walk residential or commercial streets in broad daylight is not how violent criminals are apprehended.
—Eric Balliet, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026
Two of the burglaries happened in broad daylight.
—Natalie Goldstick, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis—a powerful illustration of how the agency has acted, in broad daylight, with excessive force and impunity.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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Tevon Blair, Essence, 28 Jan. 2026
Having immigration officers walk residential or commercial streets in broad daylight is not how violent criminals are apprehended.
—Eric Balliet, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026
Two of the burglaries happened in broad daylight.
—Natalie Goldstick, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis—a powerful illustration of how the agency has acted, in broad daylight, with excessive force and impunity.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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“In broad daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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