late afternoon
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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
By late afternoon, the final miles carry me east toward the Colorado River, where it meanders past willow and cottonwood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Mindful of his global audience, he updates his site with fresh headlines starting in the late afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
In the late afternoon he vanished and I never saw him again.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
