strict fast
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And it all came from a player who has spent recent weeks managing a strict fast from dawn until sunset to observe Ramadan as a Muslim.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The three are Muslims who observe Ramadan and began a strict fast from dawn until sunset daily starting March 22 and continuing through April 20.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Thus purified and clothed, the candidate observed for four and twenty hours a strict fast.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by M. (François) Guizot
For forty days they kept a strict fast.
From Penguin Island by Anatole France
These lamentations, accompanied by a strict fast, continue till midnight on Saturday.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
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