the horizon
noun
: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky
The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.
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But hurry because by May 7, this comet will have dipped below the horizon for Northern Hemisphere observers.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
By the end of the month, Saturn and Neptune will appear to have slipped Venus' grasp, rising ever higher in the pre-dawn sky while Venus lingers near the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 May 2025
At a distance, the snowy Rocky Mountains line the horizon like lace.
—Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025
Darling harbour in the middle left, looking right out to the horizon where the sun has just set.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
By the end of the month, Saturn and Neptune will appear to have slipped Venus' grasp, rising ever higher in the pre-dawn sky while Venus lingers near the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 May 2025
At a distance, the snowy Rocky Mountains line the horizon like lace.
—Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025
Darling harbour in the middle left, looking right out to the horizon where the sun has just set.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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