moonlight
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That meant some reflected moonlight from clouds in the lower atmosphere was present, but not enough to overwhelm the much fainter airglow signal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
In an alley behind Tony’s Restaurant, two dogs share a heaping plate of spaghetti and meatballs under the moonlight.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
I’m not a hate-watcher of the show or its star — I, too, wish to moonlight as a domestic doyenne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
There was a full moon and when we first started the night run we went across a lake, a beautiful, long lake, in the moonlight.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
A brash and confident young earthbending prodigy, Toph moonlights as a champion fighter called the Blind Bandit, unbeknownst to her overprotective upper-class parents who think their little girl is helpless.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Attorney Mark Lanier moonlights as a preacher, and it shows when he’s taking on the world’s most powerful companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Except this is a "bogan" version translated by Ander Louis, the pen name of a Melbourne IT worker who moonlights as a writer.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Mr. Dolan — who moonlights as a blues-rock musician — was an opening act with his band JD & the Straight Shot.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
“Right. I suppose he moonlights as a boxer?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
He also moonlighted as a techno DJ, performing under the moniker Santa Militia at prominent nightclubs in London and promoting himself as having played at major venues from Bogotá to Buenos Aires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He also moonlighted under assumed names at several radio stations in the Washington area.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said his most nightmarish experience with the company occurred when he moonlighted as an Uber delivery driver.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
While Brailsford moonlighted with the starters, true freshman Landen Hatchett often operated as UW’s second-team center.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
He moonlighted as a security guard for a jewelry company.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
One of his lawyers has been moonlighting as a clown in his downtime, according to Business Insider.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
He quit Momofuku Ko but when the chef at Sergeantsville Inn left, he stepped in and was soon moonlighting in the kitchen a few days a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“When I first rode in the Golden Dragon Chinese New Year parade with him, I looked at him and thought, ‘Are you moonlighting as a movie star?’” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
Back in 2001, the English Premier League took that step and fans saw a drastic improvement once the referees no longer spent their days moonlighting as teachers or taxi drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Ill Patrolman Mancuso had tried a little moonlighting in his effort to apprehend someone, anyone for the sergeant.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
