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Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was killed during a military operation carried out at dawn on Sunday in the town of Tapalpa, in the central-western state of Jalisco.

From BBC

Anyone who knows Russia will be amazed that it did not dawn on Mr. Mian that the FSB, Russia’s successor to the KGB, knew quite well what he was up to and was staging some meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before dawn on Dec. 10, U.S. forces captured the Guyana-flagged Skipper for allegedly transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran for years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her genius was beginning to dawn on me.

From Literature

It rained until dawn on Tuesday, or so Pa told me later.

From Literature