twilight
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Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto let a day’s stroll linger into profundity, the twilight dimming and human connection brewing in all its possibilities.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Ms. Haynes brings back the poetry of time, reintroducing terms such as “gloaming” and “dimpse,” which mean the dimness of twilight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In the far north of the UK, particularly northern Scotland, there will be close to 19 hours of daylight, with twilight lingering well into the night and barely any true darkness.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
As Bobby sat with the referee, not a word was spoken; the afternoons crept slowly into summer twilight.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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