in broad daylight
idiom
: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night
The crime was committed in broad daylight.
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The shooting comes two months after a 4-month-old baby and his mom were gunned down in broad daylight in Hartford.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
And the video was a next-gen, next level piece of moviemaking, a cinema verité of the raping of the American farm, a vast, cynical travesty played out in broad daylight in Reagan’s twisted America.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
This month, a Cambodian former opposition politician was shot in Bangkok in broad daylight, making other refugees and dissidents who have fled to Thailand fearful for their safety.
—Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
He was shot 12 times in broad daylight near the offices of his weekly newspaper, RioDoce.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
And the video was a next-gen, next level piece of moviemaking, a cinema verité of the raping of the American farm, a vast, cynical travesty played out in broad daylight in Reagan’s twisted America.
—Spin Editors, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2025
This month, a Cambodian former opposition politician was shot in Bangkok in broad daylight, making other refugees and dissidents who have fled to Thailand fearful for their safety.
—Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
He was shot 12 times in broad daylight near the offices of his weekly newspaper, RioDoce.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“In broad daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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