dead of night
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He has also claimed he was illegally removed from Libya to stand trial in the United States after "a cloak and dagger operation conducted in the dead of night".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The BBC's Katie Razzall reports from outside the museum as the 70-metre long embroidery arrives in the dead of night.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Here, "your information and history are being removed in the dead of night," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Ten months after the most mind-boggling trade in basketball history went down in the dead of night, only one thing is unsurprising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
But a few of the children who will become our oblates—our young monks-in-training—are delivered to our doors in the dead of night.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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