wee hours
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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
We checked into our hotel during the wee hours of the morning, all of us tired, slightly unkempt and desperately in need of a warm shower.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Nor do they park their cars to obstruct law-enforcement operations or gather outside hotels in the wee hours to chant and bang drums because those hotels rented rooms to ICE agents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Second, it could shape what lessons other countries—friends and foes—take from Operation Absolute Resolve, the quite large and impressive military action that unfolded in the wee hours on Saturday.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
In the wee hours of morning, he gave up and left to stalk other parts of the mountains.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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