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One in five night-life businesses are believed to have closed or cut hours because they can't get security staff.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

The Fuentes' journey to the sun took a few days, but Alejandra's pre-school children were full of questions about the train-ferry between Denmark and Germany, the night-life in Hamburg and the morning rush-hour in Basel.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2019

Mr. Conley — who in his 20s started San Francisco’s best party motel and is a longtime Burning Man and local night-life fixture — was a little confused but resigned himself to the idea.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2019

It is occupied almost all the time: joggers at dawn, commuters at 8 a.m., tourists in the afternoon, night-life seekers heading to Tribeca after dark.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2017

The usual night-life crowd, who worked on regular jobs all day, were at home eating their dinners.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey