appointed hour
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Distress ensues when these savior suitors, who are bound for a yearlong voyage, fail to show up at the appointed hour to bid the ladies farewell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
A leading Lebanese analyst at a conference on the Middle East that I’m attending in Rome said she couldn’t sleep as the appointed hour for the ceasefire came closer.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
As asylum seekers and organizers braced for the clearing, the appointed hour came and went with no police presence or trucks to haul garbage, as homeless encampment clearings usually have.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
At the appointed hour, a new music video would be released.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023
The Mieles were swept into the examining room at the appointed hour.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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