afternoon

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Starting Thursday afternoon and lasting throughout the night, chirps could be heard coming from one of the avian couple’s two eggs, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

There are the long-simmered, brothy pots — the ones that ask for a Sunday afternoon, for a low flame and a little patience, their depth accumulating slowly, almost imperceptibly, over time.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

On the seventh floor, on Wednesday afternoon, in courtroom 7B, U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Constellation Energy stock dropped 6.7% in afternoon trading on Tuesday after the company didn’t announce any new deals to power data centers at a long-awaited investor update.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

There was a slice of black bread for each prisoner, too, then nothing more until we were given a ladle of turnip soup and a small boiled potato late in the afternoon.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom