golden hour

British

noun

the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving

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The scenes where Robert is together with Gladys and their young child have warm lighting or the haze of golden hour.

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This is the golden hour for the hidden heroes of the sport.

From Los Angeles Times

On some blocks , a sense of near-normalcy is surreal: A dad and his young son play basketball in a driveway amid a stretch of still-standing homes on Ocampo Drive during golden hour.

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So when she took the stage at ACL in October, this time it was for a coveted golden hour set, with a sea of people stretched out before her — and a chorus of voices singing along to her every word.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are still in the golden hour,” Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, deputy administrator of the Philippines’s Office of Civil Defense, said in a news conference.

From The Wall Street Journal

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