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 gang would often drive around town looking for rivals to kill, according to federal prosecutors, sometimes in broad daylight and often by luring or ambushing their victims.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Earlier in the year, State Game Warden Kenneth Schlueter killed two wolves in the town of Babbitt, Minnesota, again in broad daylight.
—Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
Wreckage, oil and human remains washed up on beaches from South Florida to Long Island, New York, and horrified civilians watched from Atlantic City’s boardwalk as German subs pursued and sank merchant ships in broad daylight.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
More strikingly, people all over the county were actually seeing mountain lions, not only in their high beams at night but in broad daylight, with increasing regularity: crossing the road, loafing at the edge of a fenced field, skirting a campground.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Earlier in the year, State Game Warden Kenneth Schlueter killed two wolves in the town of Babbitt, Minnesota, again in broad daylight.
—Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
Wreckage, oil and human remains washed up on beaches from South Florida to Long Island, New York, and horrified civilians watched from Atlantic City’s boardwalk as German subs pursued and sank merchant ships in broad daylight.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
More strikingly, people all over the county were actually seeing mountain lions, not only in their high beams at night but in broad daylight, with increasing regularity: crossing the road, loafing at the edge of a fenced field, skirting a campground.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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