as in sunrises
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
by cockcrow the mysterious stranger had vanished
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Circling Earth every 90 minutes, the station is constantly moving through changing light and shadow, which is why the astronauts on board experience 15 or 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
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Because the station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes, the crew on board sees 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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One of the victims, 18-year-old Kim Kha Huynh, was declared dead at the scene, while a second victim, 34-year-old Phuc Minh Vo of San Jose, died three days later in the hospital.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wind-chills between 0° and -20° will be common; especially on Friday and Saturday mornings.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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New York — Starbucks has an advantage in the mornings with coffee.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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There have been false dawns of protest before, but Iran’s regime is vulnerable.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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Reason dawns at the same rate as the alcohol wears off.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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But that’s not stopping Nicotero from doing all within his power to scare the living daylights out of his contestants.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Nov. 2025
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Playing on parental fears, The Babadook has been scaring the daylights out of us for a solid decade now.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Cockcrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockcrows. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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