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Recent Examples of overnight
Oleksandr Koval, the head of the Rivne regional military administration in western Ukraine, said at least one person was killed and two others injured in overnight Russian strikes on the region.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
Zelenskyy also criticized Russia over an overnight attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, saying in comments posted on X that Moscow must be deprived of the ability to use the cold winter weather as leverage against Kyiv.
—Yuliia Dysa, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
After heavy snowfall days earlier, the weekend forecast for Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of women’s Alpine skiing for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, called for a chance of rain, a severe ice warning and daytime temperatures well above freezing followed by an overnight chill in the 20s.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
On and off light snow is then possible through the overnight hours ahead of an arctic front.
—Matthew Delucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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David Brennan, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2026
Zelenskyy also criticized Russia over an overnight attack on Ukrainian energy facilities, saying in comments posted on X that Moscow must be deprived of the ability to use the cold winter weather as leverage against Kyiv.
—Yuliia Dysa, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
After heavy snowfall days earlier, the weekend forecast for Cortina d’Ampezzo, site of women’s Alpine skiing for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, called for a chance of rain, a severe ice warning and daytime temperatures well above freezing followed by an overnight chill in the 20s.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
On and off light snow is then possible through the overnight hours ahead of an arctic front.
—Matthew Delucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overnight
midnight
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There will also be the first-ever post-midnight confetti release on New Year's Eve, with 2,000 pounds of red, white and blue confetti, Times Square said on its website.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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News networks marked the moment with post-midnight ET special reports, with CNN and MSNBC featuring countdown clocks before switching their chyron banner headlines.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Overnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overnight. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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