wee hours
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Open titlist, called the evening “completely insane” and said finding her best tennis in the wee hours of the morning was difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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
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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