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nightly

[nahyt-lee] / ˈnaɪt li /
ADJECTIVE
each evening; after dark
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What outsiders now call resilience was, for us, simply the nightly practice of keeping one another going.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Through more than four years of the Russian invasion, 27-year-old Oleksiy Virskovsky largely hasn't bothered going to the underground shelter in the building next door -- despite almost nightly missile and drone attacks.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Taking a quiet moment in his office in the middle of the afternoon – before the nightly protests begin – Rama characterises the protests as a sign of a healthy, democratic society.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

But by the time the bicentennial rolled around, my life had played out against the backdrop of civil unrest and the Vietnam War, both spilling from our black-and-white television almost nightly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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