moonlight
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A new moon means moonlight should not interfere with viewing, creating favourable conditions if skies remain clear.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Many nurses moonlight to cover bills, contributing to the epidemic of burnout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
That meant some reflected moonlight from clouds in the lower atmosphere was present, but not enough to overwhelm the much fainter airglow signal.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The fake fisherwoman points her walking stick, and the ray of moonlight swings down toward me, almost like she is conducting an ethereal symphony with the moonlight.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
“His name is Sam. He moonlights as a lawyer too so he was prepping me,” says Jane, deadpan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Except this is a "bogan" version translated by Ander Louis, the pen name of a Melbourne IT worker who moonlights as a writer.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
She also moonlights as a perfume stylist, offering scent fittings for clients performed over text message.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Sharon Lowell, a lead equipment operator, moonlights as a beekeeper on her San Juan Island property.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
“Right. I suppose he moonlights as a boxer?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
He moonlighted as a pageant coach and judge throughout his career in marketing, tech and apparel, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He unwound from the restaurant rush by hiking through Door County’s forests and fishing in its waterways while continuing Taco María’s successful salsa macha mail-order business; Emilie moonlighted as a grant writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel also received warm reviews in his fourth outing as host, leaving him one away from matching another late-night star who moonlighted at the Oscars, Johnny Carson.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said his most nightmarish experience with the company occurred when he moonlighted as an Uber delivery driver.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
He moonlighted as a security guard for a jewelry company.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
At the time, Oxford had been moonlighting for a sales company that offered welding machines, generators, and other equipment door to door.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, he is considering moonlighting as a delivery driver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
As a teenager she was moonlighting as a referee, raising enough money to fund a trip to South Africa to watch the 2010 World Cup as a fan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
One of his lawyers has been moonlighting as a clown in his downtime, according to Business Insider.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Teachers, especially a teacher moonlighting as a counselor, tend to get left out of student gossip.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
