dawn on
Example Sentences
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Before dawn on Saturday, US special forces broke into Maduro's compound and spirited him and his wife away.
From BBC
It will peak between 3 and 4 January with the best viewing conditions before dawn on 4 January.
From BBC
“Supplies for air defense must be sufficient and timely, especially now, when we need them most. There must be no delays in protecting lives,” he wrote before dawn on Saturday.
From Barron's
Machado and the crew planned to leave at the crack of dawn on Tuesday but left as the sun was setting instead.
The Ukrainian team gathered at the operational headquarters in Kyiv at dawn on June 1.
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