sunset

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Illuminated by fairy lights and a rosy sunset, a willowy queen named Sheryka lip-synced to Toni Braxton and danced to a brisk guaguancó number with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"I'm not going to lie, I didn't expect you to be this easy to talk to," a watermelon woman tells her dragon-fruit date over their corresponding fruit cocktails at sunset.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The payoff comes later in the day as evenings become noticeably brighter, with sunset pushed forwards by an hour.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Manguillier prefers to do his metal detecting after sunset, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Jefferson seemed to think that, once unmoored from British docks and unburdened of European baggage, the ship would sail itself into the proverbial sunset.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis