noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
summer solstice
winter solstice
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
summer
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This was probably based on careful observation of the summer solstice .
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For instance, by the summer solstice on 21 June, the crops should be long since planted in the ground.
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Astronomers say that many of the medicine wheels on the Great Plains are aligned to the summer solstice .
winter
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A mild example of this from antiquity was the Roman Saturnalia at the time of the winter solstice .
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Since both CHANike and Christmas were originally winter solstice celebrations, they often coincide and compete.
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At the winter solstice two daggers touch the outsides of the spiral.
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The winter solstice was only three days away, and the urge to have a raucous good time among friends took hold.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the winter solstice
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mild example of this from antiquity was the Roman Saturnalia at the time of the winter solstice .
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Astronomers say that many of the medicine wheels on the Great Plains are aligned to the summer solstice .
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For instance, by the summer solstice on 21 June, the crops should be long since planted in the ground.
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In these long summer evenings around the solstice there is a sense that night really begins and ends in the woods.
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Such formations are believed to have been used for determining the solstices and other events and are quite rare.
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The day of my visit was the summer solstice , June 21.
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This was probably based on careful observation of the summer solstice .