noonday
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I pushed my mower out in the noonday sun right alongside the men — and one woman — in my neighborhood.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
The sheep were offering a symphony of guttural bleats punctuated with hollow tongs from bells dangling round their necks as Mr. Rogers and the dogs directed them toward a noonday water break.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
Klein is standing barefoot on Alucia’s top deck in cargo shorts and a faded MC5 t-shirt, squinting in the noonday sun.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2018
Cape Town, South Africa, has been shooting off its noon gun since 1806, and Hong Kong's noonday cannons first began firing in the 1860s, about the time a similar tradition took hold in Edinburgh, Scotland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016
The large noonday meal must be out of the way and the dishes washed before the housekeeper could spare a moment, she said.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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