dawning
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Graham Burnett, a history professor at Princeton University, sees "the dawning of an authentic movement," similar to the birth of the environmental movement in the 1960s, which led to landmark environmental protections.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
The dawning realization that the problems these men face aren’t failures at being men.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
I went to my binder of go-to seasonal recipes and realized, with a kind of dawning horror, that nearly all of them leaned on it.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
The dawning of reality should be close at hand now for England players - 'maybe it's not you, Scotland, maybe it's us'.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
The notion that perhaps she had offered too much information was only now dawning on her.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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