sundial
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Adorned with decorative finials, it looms, in a certain light, like an enormous sundial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
A mere 12% of Americans actively favor the sundial shuffle, 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral, according to a 2025 poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
You’re watching a ticker that moves like a sundial.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
Place that shade on a sundial and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex could time her bakes to it with the utmost accuracy.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Here was Ahmad doing his prayers, posing beside a sundial Babi and he had built when he was twelve.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Cross the orbit of 6446 Lomberg, the asteroid named in honor of his contributions to science, and sail by Mars, where the Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers bear sundials he helped design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
For instance, Grant County operated entirely by a system of sundials and groundhogs; in Pulaski County it was just 7:45 p.m. all the time.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 2, 2017
Mr. McLemore’s passion for sundials and timepieces, and his staggering talent in building and repairing them, was central to the story.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
This is the kind of time indicated by sundials, and it probably represents the earliest measure of time used by ancient civilizations.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Werner’s favorite is one about light: eclipses and sundials, auroras and wavelengths.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
