zero hour

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Recent Examples of zero hour The zero hour show begins at 1 p.m. ET and the main matches begin at 3 p.m. ET. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025 The King video marked the zero hour for new forms of activism using cameras. Will Potter july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 She's stopped, however, when Derringer and Clarke burst in at the zero hour, giving impassioned speeches about the importance of the alliance. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 July 2025 The course will feature the same curriculum as other PE courses, East Aurora High School Principal Jennifer Mitchell said at a curriculum meeting in May, but will be offered during zero hour for the first time next year. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025 Fighting, however, continued up to the zero hour, with Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon far into the night. Scott Neuman, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024 English learners can attend a specialized class for learning to speak and write can be accomplished with a before-school (zero hour) or after-school period. Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 As the zero hour approached, the men fiddled with their automatic rifles while their leader, Habib Rahman Inqayad, scrambled to get the exact location of their target. Safiullah Padshah, New York Times, 17 June 2023 When zero hour arrived, on a muggy Thursday afternoon, her manner was one of resigned acquiescence. Ned Zeman, Outside, 14 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zero hour
Noun
  • Vietnam's crisis is not yet as severe as Singapore's or some of East Asia's lowest-fertility states, but the trend line is moving in the same direction.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Today @FBIDirectorKash was in Cincinnati to announce charges in an operation targeting the fentanyl crisis.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Several of President Donald Trump‘s firings of independent agency heads have made their way through the Supreme Court‘s emergency docket, but Tuesday’s ruling in a federal appeals court likely moves the justices closer to overturning a 90-year precedent on the issue.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Zero hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zero%20hour. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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