midnight oil
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“He’s such a legend for all of us,” says Desplat, 63, on a Zoom call from London, where he’s been burning the midnight oil on the score for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming “Frankenstein.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
Earps burned the midnight oil more than most – at one time she had six part-time jobs, including working at a toy shop and a cinema.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
“No more of that burning the midnight oil poring through those books.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2022
Modern society, however, rewards early risers while stigmatizing those burning the midnight oil, said Brant Hasler, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh and part of the university's Center for Sleep and Circadian Science.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2022
All that hard work, solving the clues, burning midnight oil, endangering the lives of his friends, it had all come to nothing.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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