dawn on
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At dawn on the rooftop, alarms of the few cell phones that still have battery wake the neighbors one by one.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Perseids is active from mid-July to 23 August but the best time to catch the display is between midnight and dawn on 12 and 13 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
There were no immediate reports of any casualties in the incident, which took place before dawn on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tell me, Christopher Nolan, when did it first rosy-fingered dawn on you that your favorite type of protagonist — a tormented sinner-hero — was a specialty of the ancient Greeks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The surprise attack—at dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941—killed over twenty-four hundred Americans and put most of the Pacific Fleet out of action.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
