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  1. v. idiomatic, of an idea to occur to somebody; to be realized

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  • “What comes out of my mouth is driven by anger: at my righteous mother, who refuses to look out the window and see there is no bright dawn on the horizon; at my black-hearted country that inspired her, forged her into steel, and deceived her.”

    Simon & Schuster: A Mountain of Crumbs

  • ““How beautiful!” said Epaphroditus as the four approached the Sun Gate shortly after dawn on the Kalends, the first day of Sextilis.”

    Simon & Schuster: Antony and Cleopatra

  • “Sandry had promised to buy him free…but the Angie Queen had left Condigeo, hugging the coast, keeping the dawn on the left.”

    Simon & Schuster: Burning Tower

  • “Eight years earlier, just before dawn on June 28, 1762, Catherine had been summoned by Aleksei Orlov, the scar-faced brother of her current lover and one of the principal backers in her bid for the throne.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Dragon’s Trail

  • “The attack was to be delivered at dawn on November 29 by two of McLaws's brigades, to be followed en échelon on the left by Jenkins.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “Golden Grove sailed at dawn on the 2nd of October, 1788, in company with Sirius until the two ships shook free of the Heads; then Golden Grove tacked to find a wind to bear her northeast while Sirius took advantage of the south-flowing coastal current and headed away to find her eastings for Cape Horn, 4,000 miles to the east.”

    Simon & Schuster: Morgan’s Run

  • “Late, blusterous dawn on the sixteenth disclosed the retreat of the Federals.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

  • “At dawn on September 8, as Garnet Wolseley edged toward Tel el-Kebir, the garrison at El Obeid squinted into the rising sun and saw the glitter of thousands of spearheads pouring toward their eastern flank.”

    Simon & Schuster: Three Empires on the Nile

  • “But Rhoney recalled that a turning point came when it began to dawn on management how much UPS itself was benefiting from the power of the Web and the data it provided.”

    Simon & Schuster: THE NEW MARKET LEADERS

  • “Soon after dawn on September 19, Early learned that the Federals had forced the crossing of the Opequon on the Berryville road leading to Winchester.”

    Simon & Schuster: LEE’S LIEUTENANTS

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