small hours

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Savage added that this joy in the face of institutional indifference to our suffering, our dancing into the small hours of the night, was indispensable for establishing political force and pushback during the AIDs crisis.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

Meetings stretching into the small hours of Doha's hot evenings became common during the final stretch of the negotiations.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Intensive sessions with all sorts of delegates went well into the small hours of Wednesday morning after the conference presidency’s initial document angered many countries by avoiding decisive calls for action on curbing warming.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Into the small hours of the year, into the dawn of another one.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2023

That was three days after her second donation, when they finally let me in to see her in the small hours of the morning.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro