see daylight
Example Sentences
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It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Barely two months later, the Nittany Lions have plummeted into a hole so deep they can barely see daylight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
They thought they wouldn’t live to see daylight.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
That makes it highly unlikely that "Die Hard," if it were pitched fresh in 2023, would see daylight, let alone a summer.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
Though glad to see daylight, she was worn to a frazzle.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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