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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Yet despite the visible presence of mass transit police, a substation for the Baltimore Police Department and squad cars routinely stationed at this exact intersection, drug dealing continues in broad daylight.
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
More and more unencumbered thugs brazenly shoplift in broad daylight.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
In each of these incidents, settlers struck in broad daylight.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
The July 5 march, in broad daylight on sidewalks in downtown Louisville, made waves across the city.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2025
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Christopher Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
More and more unencumbered thugs brazenly shoplift in broad daylight.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
In each of these incidents, settlers struck in broad daylight.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
The July 5 march, in broad daylight on sidewalks in downtown Louisville, made waves across the city.
—Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2025
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“In broad daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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