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dusk

[duhsk] / dʌsk /


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The first round of noise is expected to begin around dusk, at 8:30 p.m., and the exercises will continue until around 12:30 a.m., according to city spokesperson Lisa Derderian.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The best times to encounter them are at dawn or dusk, when most tourists are sleeping or sipping caipirinhas.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

But many recall how the place kept alive a fragment of Delhi's elite past through small rituals: liveried waiters at dusk, gin and lime on shaded verandas, retired generals and diplomats lingering under neem trees.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Every dawn or dusk, Sevidov leaves his grey apartment block on the outskirts of Kryvyi Rig, an industrial city in central Ukraine, to see what birds he can spot.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Ahead of him, emerging from the wood in the dusk like a cluster of ambulant stars, came a herd of unicorns.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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