wee hours
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Weak and tired, Jackie was scooped up from the north shore of Big Bear Lake in the wee hours of Saturday by a team from the San Dimas Raptor Rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Daily Monitor said on X that the newspaper and its fellow outlets were ordered to close "in a crackdown during the wee hours of Sunday".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
News reports said some 3,500 police and soldiers took part in the operation that began in the wee hours.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
And McCollum had stayed up into the wee hours designing a number of bespoke plays specifically geared to take advantage of Florida’s ultra-aggressive defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Wunderman’s ads were on in the wee hours of the morning.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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