nightfall
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Aerial support crews, grounded by bad weather earlier in the week, hoped to keep operating until nightfall, when civil protection drones would take over the task of monitoring for "potential flare-ups," the governor's statement said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
These eight steps can help keep bedrooms cooler before nightfall.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
And the case ever since has been nearly as obscured as the Catalina Foothills after nightfall - beset by everything from tricky terrain to law enforcement infighting.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Those who do come in start earlier alongside him but leave before nightfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
I felt perfectly safe, until we started to make our way home after nightfall.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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