save the day
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Directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom has a Halloween flavour as Shaun has to turn into a mad scientist to save the day.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
A couple have praised staff at three restaurants that stepped in to save the day when they were let down by wedding caterers at the last minute.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
And even new data showing more muted inflation than expected can’t save the day.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
Their presence conveys someone is there to save the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
I collected a few donations, but nowhere close to what I’d need to save the day, as I’d hoped.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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