late afternoon

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The scene in the rainbow picture is late afternoon in haying season, probably July.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But by the time Kosovo police's special forces took control of the monastery in late afternoon, the surviving group members had somehow slipped away despite being, to all intents and purposes, surrounded.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“The mechanics of the reopening remain murky,” Croft added in a late afternoon note.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

“We never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

It’s late afternoon and I’m already halfway done when Epsilon-5 returns.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera