dawn on

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Between midnight and dawn on Tuesday, the Earth will pass directly between the sun and the moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

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 • Feb. 22, 2026

Just before dawn on Nov. 13, 2024, FBI agents smashed through the door of Shayne Coplan’s penthouse apartment in Manhattan, barged into his bedroom and grabbed his phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

That strike, at dawn on January 9, left half the capital without heating and many residents without electricity for days in sub-zero temperatures.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

She saw it dawn on him: what she was, if not who.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor