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curfew

[kur-fyoo] / ˈkɜr fyu /
NOUN
late hour
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Paul McCartney headlined opening night and played 50-plus minutes after curfew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Dewale, of Great Harwood in Lancashire, was also sentenced to 10 days' community work, given a four-year football banning order, a three-month curfew, and fined £239 at Blackburn Magistrates' Court.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

England have been formulating plans for warm-up matches before their three overseas Test trips next winter and there has been a midnight curfew in place for the white-ball team.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Authorities have imposed a late-night curfew, which will remain in place until Wednesday in Gilgit and Skardu, where the army has been deployed on the streets.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

But Papa and I share the viola, and before curfew every day he drills me in my etudes and I improve.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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