see daylight
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It dawns on him that he’s in a new, bizarre, just-for-him reality, and he won’t see daylight until he can spot the anomalies in each go-round.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Barely two months later, the Nittany Lions have plummeted into a hole so deep they can barely see daylight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
But it reflects the perspective of enough of the city's electorate that Adams can still see daylight and appears determined not to quit.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024
Sometimes they wondered if they would ever see daylight again.
From BBC • May 17, 2023
I can see daylight coming through the boarded-up plywood and I cover Freak with my arms and just dive right through that plywood, wham.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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