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Ask yourself why so many predatory animals can see perfectly on a moonless night.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift picking and sorting roses.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Osman Taha, a badly wounded officer in the Sudanese military, as he crossed the Nile on a moonless night last November.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
“We stand beneath a moonless night in the heart of this natural wonderland to feel into the infinite and feel awe that binds us together.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
I remember that on that moonless night in February 1942, they attacked the big Lago oil refinery on Aruba, the sister island west of us.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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