predawn

A predawn firefight has left at least one, and possibly as many as four pro-Russian activists dead.

By then, smoke was filling part of the ship, billowing up to the top decks in the predawn light.

Jessica Buchanan is safe after a daring predawn raid on the Somali pirate compound where she was held for four months.

Knowing that nothing was in sight but waiting was a letdown after the activity of the predawn hours.

After breakfast they stepped into the cold predawn blackness.