sundown
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Eid al-Fitr is held on the first day of the 10th month of the calendar marking the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to sundown.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
His daily broadcasts last from sunrise to sundown, and they often eclipse a million cumulative viewers.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
Crows cawed, sundown was near, but his home was not; the lane of Chinese elms had turned into a tunnel of darkening green, and he lived at the end of it, half a mile away.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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