see daylight
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Barely two months later, the Nittany Lions have plummeted into a hole so deep they can barely see daylight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Though they were getting airplay, the band’s album, which they recorded in 1981, didn’t see daylight because the ill-fated Rock-A-Mod Records, which they recorded the album for, folded before it could be released.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
Though between Mama Bird’s unhurried schedule, Johnson’s “unpushy” nature and the pandemic, it’d take five years for the recordings to see daylight.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
That makes it highly unlikely that "Die Hard," if it were pitched fresh in 2023, would see daylight, let alone a summer.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
Though glad to see daylight, she was worn to a frazzle.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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