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let daylight in



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Already, timber trusses have been replaced and a 10-foot-high sliding door has been cut in the side to let daylight in and festivities flow out.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

No, it is a measure of how transporting the athletes most touched with genius can be that I’d rather be a hypocrite than let daylight in on magic as far as Lionel Messi is concerned.

From The Guardian Apr. 6, 2016

In his Victorian study of the monarchy, Walter Bagehot warned, "We must not let daylight in upon magic."

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2012

Oh Martin, don't let daylight in on cod psychology!

From The Guardian May 16, 2012

This scene let daylight in upon shallow, earnest Hawes, and showed him a certain shallow error he had fallen into.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles




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