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hour

[ouuhr, ou-er] / aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /






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“I always said I would never come back to Northeast Ohio. I was over the cold and the winter,” she said one evening while hosting a women’s-club happy hour on Hudson’s main street.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

"The entire nation stands in solidarity with the people of Balochistan in this hour of grief," he added.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Nobody in either country voted for any of this, but perhaps the enduring lesson of the Cuban tragedy is that change is always possible, even in the darkest hour, and defeat is not forever.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

However, after clawing her way back to 5-4 from 5-1 down in the tie-break, Raducanu's resistance let up and Sierra secured victory after an hour and 45 minutes.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Not quite dinner, but an hour in which Mrs. Dannenberg would likely have begun preparing for the evening meal.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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