high noon
Example Sentences
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That balance places Earth's cusp close to local high noon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
“It was a showdown at high noon, and he got trounced.”
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
They didn’t make Ms. Burks’s deadline of high noon, but they arrived nonetheless.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
It’s just past sunset in the subterranean depths of Climate Pledge Arena, which in the world of trolls is akin to high noon.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
This time, since it was after high noon, the gates were ajar and the keeper of the gate idled upon the threshold, picking his teeth with a bamboo sliver after his meal.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
