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sunset

[suhn-set] / ˈsʌnˌsɛt /


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“It is beautiful and it’s weird. If you go at the right time of day, at sunset, it’s an incredible view,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I made it to Olympic National Park in Washington in time for sunset from Lake Crescent Lodge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those hardships are visible after sunset, when electricity fails, disappearing entire neighborhoods into stifling darkness.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

According to the show's curators, elements of Flaxman's sketches can be seen in Turner's painting called Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus – Homer's Odyssey, including outlines of horses in the sunset and the shadow of a cyclops.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Sneaking out of the house on the north side to go to a party after sunset probably isn’t a good idea.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

This is the same basic process that helps make sunsets appear orange and red.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The benefit of year-round daylight saving time would be 5:44 p.m. sunsets shortly after Thanksgiving for Los Angeles — a delight for Angelenos unhappy with 4:44 p.m. sunsets as winter approaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

There could be some colorful sunsets and sunrises, said meteorologist Lamont Bain of the weather service’s Monterey office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The sunsets, which feature every shade of sorbet imaginable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

A glare that blinded you and brought visions of sunsets and golden sands.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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