first light
Example Sentences
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Investor documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal said the goal is for the plane to be the first light jet to focus on artificial-intelligence flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Nonetheless, we take a page out of Hemingway’s book and leave The Mira “as soon after first light as possible.”
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Search teams gathered from first light and are scouring the banks of the river from the ford between Bolton and Abberwick, all the way to the sea at Alnmouth.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
What the folklore says is that the vampire must return to its grave before first light.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
The next morning—Monday, May 13—I left the tents at first light and walked two and a half miles through the deep cleft of the Western Cwm to the lip of the Icefall.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
