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sunrise

[suhn-rahyz] / ˈsʌnˌraɪz /


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“From its elevated vantage point, the Pacific becomes an ever-changing backdrop, glowing at sunrise, sparkling throughout the day, and transforming beneath spectacular sunsets,” the description continues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

As we rode into the sunrise between cornfields, we began encountering riders we would see often—mostly passing us—on road bikes, folding bikes, recumbents, fixies, e-bikes, tandems, clunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The 42-year-old mother of four had arrived at sunrise to prep for a day of virtual and in-person court hearings and free walk-in consultations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

A couple of months ago, just after sunrise, 40-year-old Mamta began the first of as many as 10 journeys she would make that day.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

We were once at some lakeside hotel in Switzerland, and she went in at sunrise.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

People on other continents watch in trepidation under vivid, red-orange sunrises and sunsets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Other parts of the country would also see sunrises in the winter that would have children who start school at 8 a.m. possibly going to campus in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The earliest sunrises happen before the summer solstice and the latest sunsets happen after.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

But for Claire, who stood on the path weeping, the sunrise, perhaps all sunrises to come, was ruined by memory and loss.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry


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