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Meanings of dawn on in English

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Usage of dawn on in English
1
It began to dawn on the young sergeant what exactly had happened.
Gods go begging
2
The security official said clashes had broken out before dawn on Friday.
Reuters
3
At dawn on the 13th the Carnatic entered the port of Yokohama.
Around the World in Eighty Days
4
Before dawn on Oct. 9, Rohingya militants staged attacks on border police.
Reuters
5
The train came into Lublin station at dawn on a winter morning.
The forgotten soldier
6
Would it ever dawn on them that they are not good enough?
The Irish Times
7
She'd awakened at dawn on this, the second day of her captivity.
Celtic fire
8
At dawn on the first of December I left Milan for Gaul.
Julian
9
But it did not dawn on him in time to say anything.
Boneshaker
10
Promptly at dawn on the 12th July a gun-signal heralded the assault.
The Fight for the Republic in China
11
The truth began to dawn on two men at the same time.
Castle Craneycrow
12
They were all at the cove before dawn on the appointed morning.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
13
And then, slowly and quite terribly, it began to dawn on me.
Hell hath no fury
14
Cavan sent these divisions beyond the river at dawn on the 27th.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
15
He knew the silvery calm of dawn on a day of sirocco.
The Call of the Blood
16
It was beginning to dawn on me what she was getting at.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
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Dawn on through the time
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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