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wee hours





NOUN
small hours
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Open titlist, called the evening “completely insane” and said finding her best tennis in the wee hours of the morning was difficult.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

"Chile needs to grow and this bill makes it possible," Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz said after the chamber approved the reforms in the wee hours of Thursday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

The Daily Monitor said on X that the newspaper and its fellow outlets were ordered to close "in a crackdown during the wee hours of Sunday".

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

We checked into our hotel during the wee hours of the morning, all of us tired, slightly unkempt and desperately in need of a warm shower.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

“Weren’t you celebrating into the wee hours of the morning?”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas


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