sunup

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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

HAZELIP: Ellie has taught me that it’s very important to be at the right place at sunup and sundown so you can get the right light for that good picture.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Many community gardens and urban farms have limited membership, but most food forests are open to the community from sunup to sundown.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

It’s the kind of place where people work from sunup to sundown, and then spend the rest of their waking hours in the pub, where they very carefully avoid any topics that could agitate anyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Of course the owner would pick a job that took much more than seven hours, so a worker’s day stretched from sunup to sundown.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson