graveyard shift
noun
: a work shift beginning late at night (such as 11 o'clock)
also
: the workers on such a shift
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The film is set over the course of a graveyard shift at a strange and haunted gas station.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
Topo Padilla, the co-owner of Greg Padilla Bail Bonds with his father, said outside of court that Brace was working the graveyard shift when Mandell approached the office and asked to speak on the phone.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
There were people who went there on the other mornings anyway, like graveyard shift workers and just early morning drinkers.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Reputation’s tougher bangers captured my stress around working graveyard shifts — 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. — as an overnight editor.
—Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
Topo Padilla, the co-owner of Greg Padilla Bail Bonds with his father, said outside of court that Brace was working the graveyard shift when Mandell approached the office and asked to speak on the phone.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
There were people who went there on the other mornings anyway, like graveyard shift workers and just early morning drinkers.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
Reputation’s tougher bangers captured my stress around working graveyard shifts — 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. — as an overnight editor.
—Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Graveyard shift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graveyard%20shift. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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