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  • When the 2004 tsunami hit, almost everything we knew of it - visually - came many hours after the initial news, courtesy of early-rising Christmastime tourists in Thailand with camcorders.

    TV review: Shocking footage from Japan, amplified by cable news 2011

  • Our damage had come in the first moments of surprise when a number of the early-rising men were caught exposed in the light of the campfires they were building.

    Chapter 13 2010

  • But that's less of an issue with early-rising summer-pattern bucks, especially when the food lies within the security of the woods.

    What You Need to Hunt Early-Season Bucks 2008

  • Not until that morning when I had spied an early-rising reveler decked out in lederhosen and a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap did it dawn on me that our festivities would be occurring simultaneously.

    With Love and Laughter, John Ritter Amy Yasbeck 2010

  • Females nesting deep in the forest would hear the early-rising crooners and leave their social partners for dawn trysts.

    'Promiscuous' blue tits inspired by the artificial night lights Post 2010

  • Big ups to the early-rising, photo-taking crew over there.

    What Android Could Bring to Your Phone | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • Females nesting deep in the forest would hear the early-rising crooners and leave their social partners for dawn trysts.

    'Promiscuous' blue tits inspired by the artificial night lights Post 2010

  • Her days start with a blow-dry at 7 a.m. at the Hotel George alongside such fellow early-rising power women as former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, Jamie Gangel from the Today show and NBC's Norah O'Donnell, and end with her never-missed TV fix of Jon Stewart.

    The Speaker Is in the House 2009

  • The two food replicators had been ripped out of the cabin, and now sat up against the starboard nacelle, where early-rising refugees were lined up for their morning meals.

    Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009

  • The two food replicators had been ripped out of the cabin, and now sat up against the starboard nacelle, where early-rising refugees were lined up for their morning meals.

    Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace William Leisner 2009

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