the horizon
noun
: the line where the earth or sea seems to meet the sky
The sun rose slowly over/above the eastern horizon.
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Midnight sun, which lasts about 18 weeks between April and August, is when the sun doesn’t set below the horizon.
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Yahya Salem, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
The rear end and tail of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, are very close to the horizon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
But that can’t be right; the illusion still occurs when the horizon is empty, such as at sea or on the plains.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
The array of colors along the horizon, even as the posse slumps out of the restaurant, heads hung low, unable to find their mark, wind gusts thrashing against them.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Yahya Salem, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
The rear end and tail of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, are very close to the horizon.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
But that can’t be right; the illusion still occurs when the horizon is empty, such as at sea or on the plains.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
The array of colors along the horizon, even as the posse slumps out of the restaurant, heads hung low, unable to find their mark, wind gusts thrashing against them.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“The horizon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horizon. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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