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the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance
a job that requires him to get up before sunrise
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Recent Examples of sunrises
Dazzling floor-to-ceiling windows with incredible skyline views and orange-gold sunrises steal the show—but the interiors are tasteful, glamorous, and luxurious.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
In the end, there's no single reason winter sunrises and sunsets can look so spectacular.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Being able to peel all of those back to this primal core, connecting with nature, seeing just the beauty of sunrises and sunsets and experiencing that with a group of strangers that then could potentially become lifelong friends.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Visitors who make the journey to Wayah Bald Lookout Tower will be rewarded with breathtaking sunrises, picnic lunches, and panoramic views of the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains plus Southern Nantahala Wilderness.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
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
There are no solutions, no easy answers, no flower crowns that bring enlightenment, no sunrises that rejuvenate the soul.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Sunset chasers are a dime a dozen, but true nature enthusiasts know that sunrises are far superior.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Leaders in the architecture group argued that such tall buildings would block sunrises, cast long shadows across the Plaza and cause wind tunnel effects.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
In the end, there's no single reason winter sunrises and sunsets can look so spectacular.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Being able to peel all of those back to this primal core, connecting with nature, seeing just the beauty of sunrises and sunsets and experiencing that with a group of strangers that then could potentially become lifelong friends.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Visitors who make the journey to Wayah Bald Lookout Tower will be rewarded with breathtaking sunrises, picnic lunches, and panoramic views of the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains plus Southern Nantahala Wilderness.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
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
There are no solutions, no easy answers, no flower crowns that bring enlightenment, no sunrises that rejuvenate the soul.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Sunset chasers are a dime a dozen, but true nature enthusiasts know that sunrises are far superior.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Leaders in the architecture group argued that such tall buildings would block sunrises, cast long shadows across the Plaza and cause wind tunnel effects.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunrises
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This will also bring another reinforcing shot of colder air for Monday with highs in the lower 30s and low temperatures on Monday and Tuesday mornings only in the low 20s to upper teens.—
Brandi D. Addison,
IndyStar,
19 Feb. 2026
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Liu had spent most of her childhood in rinks, her father dropping her off in the mornings and picking her up at night.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Patel flew to Milan for the last few days of the Olympics on Thursday, reportedly taking the bureau’s jet for the trip.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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Two months and three days after getting married, the 26-year-old from South Carolina has another memory to last a lifetime after winning for the first time on the PGA Tour and threatening the tournament scoring record at the Genesis Invitational.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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There have been too many false dawns in a season dogged by inconsistency for anyone to get carried away with Saturday’s triumph.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Swim through bioluminescent seas, sleep in deserts with poets, wake in rainforest dawns with conservationists, and travel north into polar silence.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 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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This reveals how the ice giant’s unusual magnetic field shapes spectacular auroras high above the planet’s clouds.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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So far, the probe has delivered new insights into weather patterns, auroras, and the moon Deimos.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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