daybreak
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By daybreak, residents were returning to their damaged homes to salvage some belongings before they collapsed completely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
At daybreak on a recent morning, travelers heading to Havana had suitcases full of survival goods at Miami International Airport, where the squeak of plastic-wrapping machines for baggage echoed throughout the terminal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Around 70 people braved the cold to queue outside the West Kowloon court at daybreak, while dozens of journalists gathered outside the building's entrance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Although no deaths have yet been confirmed, Montego Bay's mayor Richard Vernon told the BBC his first task at daybreak would be "to check if everybody is alive."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
It was late autumn when the daybreak was long in coming.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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