before dawn
Example Sentences
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The incident occurred before dawn when the ALSU, an empty oil tanker, collided with the Tugberk Imamoglu, a cargo ship carrying rolled steel which sank shortly afterwards, the transport ministry's maritime directorate said on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Activist Manuel Cuesta Morúa, 63, woke before dawn in his apartment in a Soviet-style block built in the 1970s in east Havana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
That came later, and quieter, when I finally showed up before dawn and did the actual work where no one was filming.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Toni Morrison wrote before dawn, before her children awoke and she had to go to her publishing job.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
It was still a few hours before dawn, and beyond the small amber pools of light provided by the streetlamps, all else was dark.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
