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Produced by Swedish master Max Martin, the new cut dropped at the stroke of midnight and is the first lifted from the British band’s forthcoming tenth studio album, Moon Music.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 21 June 2024
When New York City’s first baby of 2024 entered the world at the stroke of midnight Monday morning, the newborn boy immediately took after his father: They were both delivered by the same doctor.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024
And in a matter of moments, like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight, they were transformed from an inescapable force into a group of cocky but severely misguided upstart soldiers.
—Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
Running away at the stroke of midnight in glass slippers can be dangerous — and so can rehearsal for Dancing With the Stars.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2023
Some believe that locking lips at the stroke of midnight can strengthen an already-existing relationship and offer good luck, and that a lack of someone to do it with means an upcoming year of loneliness.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
But most economists overlook the fact that dollarization, for the most part, is nothing more than a change in a country’s unit of account, accomplished at the stroke of a pen as obligations are redenominated.
—Matt Sekerke, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
But move quickly — because this one expires at the stroke of midnight following Travel Tuesday.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Arriving at the stroke of midnight, This Life represents the third incarnation of Take That, now recording and performing as the trio of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2023
Lars Brandle, Billboard, 21 June 2024
When New York City’s first baby of 2024 entered the world at the stroke of midnight Monday morning, the newborn boy immediately took after his father: They were both delivered by the same doctor.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024
And in a matter of moments, like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight, they were transformed from an inescapable force into a group of cocky but severely misguided upstart soldiers.
—Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
Running away at the stroke of midnight in glass slippers can be dangerous — and so can rehearsal for Dancing With the Stars.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2023
Some believe that locking lips at the stroke of midnight can strengthen an already-existing relationship and offer good luck, and that a lack of someone to do it with means an upcoming year of loneliness.
—Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2023
But most economists overlook the fact that dollarization, for the most part, is nothing more than a change in a country’s unit of account, accomplished at the stroke of a pen as obligations are redenominated.
—Matt Sekerke, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
But move quickly — because this one expires at the stroke of midnight following Travel Tuesday.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Arriving at the stroke of midnight, This Life represents the third incarnation of Take That, now recording and performing as the trio of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2023
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“At the stroke of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20stroke%20of. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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