summer solstice
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The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer - a time some people associate with the beginning of the season, although meteorologists mark it from the beginning of June.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
Yet on the summer solstice, I spotted his SUV at the beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
It is composed of sarsens and bluestones, all of them aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024
On the summer solstice the northern hemisphere is most tilted towards the Sun.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
It was a week before the summer solstice.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
