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Examples of sun
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These points or places are: where the sun rises; where it reaches the top; where the sun sets; and where it reaches bottom.
Today, the age of the moon is counted after the new moon, when the moon is near the sun and invisible.
Sitting in the hot summer sun, unprotected by shade for more than seven hours, the community demonstrated its aversion to the dredging.
Year round, daily use is advised if the patient has a history of skin cancer, _sun_-damaged and ageing skin.
Patients with a history of skin cancer should be advised to use a broad-spectrum sunscreen or sunblock with a _sun_-protection factor of 15 or above.
The sun was shining brilliantly when all of a sudden darkness descended over the place.
When in the sun, wear _sun_-protective hats with wide brims to protect the ears, face and neck nape.
From the sun and the moon humans learn to determine periodicity, through which metrical oscillations the natural world begins to make formal sense.
The sun is 93 million miles from the earth.
Readings were taken at 1-m intervals along each transect when the sun was obscured by continuous cloud cover or near the horizon.
All leaves on these branches were in full sun and came from heights of 25-35 m above the forest floor.
Introspective and unimaginative, the sun king's two successors did nothing to arrest this process.
And the sun somehow doesn't realize how wonderful it is until after a room is made.
It is to be the sun from which the college radiates, as well as the centre into which its energy, wisdom and ethos are condensed.
On the left, under a beaming sun and the title 'peaceful coexistence', the colourful flags of many nations indicate what the alternative should be.
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Collocations with sun
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The old shed, boundary wall and pergola create a sheltered corner exposed to the afternoon sun where herbs can thrive.
They were left there without food or water under the blazing sun.
The kitchen faces west, catching evening sun during preparation of the main meal.
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