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sunset

[suhn-set] / ˈsʌnˌsɛt /


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Its nautically-themed bar regularly draws locals at sunset for Negronis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"I long for sunset and to hear the call to prayer in our garden while I drink my coffee," said the psychologist, adding that Beirut had "beautiful" places, but "they are not home".

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

The incident occurred on Friday evening at Bridge Bay Campground near Yellowstone Lake in the final hour before sunset.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The nonprofit and the Coastal Commission have drafted a public access management plan that states the land will be open from sunrise to sunset.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

Long before sunset, Nhamo was too exhausted to row, so she brought the oar inside and stretched out with Aunt Chipo’s scarf over her head.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In San Francisco this year, sunsets at 8 p.m. or later occur from May 1 through Aug. 17.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The benefit of year-round daylight saving time would be 5:44 p.m. sunsets shortly after Thanksgiving for Los Angeles — a delight for Angelenos unhappy with 4:44 p.m. sunsets as winter approaches.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Even the picturesque beaches and striking sunsets couldn’t dispel the tension among the members of Earth, Wind & Fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

By the 1870s his work—often passively comfortable with the standard paysage, or horizontal format, and entranced by distant spectacles like sunsets or mountaintops—began to seem sedate to serious viewers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

For humans, there was a good biological reason to enjoy sunsets and long walks on the beach, candlelight on the mistletoe.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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