shadow

Example Sentences

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But worse yet, they said, the outcome “would cast a shadow over the citizenship of millions upon millions of Americans, going back generations.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said thousands of people had gathered in Lurgan weeks ago to celebrate St Patrick's Day, and that the "starkness of this event" casts a shadow on the town.

From BBC

Now her son is being asked to do his own bit of royal diplomacy in the shadow of another international conflict.

From BBC

"Officers and staff will still be tied up monitoring incidents that do not meet the criminal threshold, at a cost in time and resources," added shadow home secretary Chris Philp.

From BBC

Some of the few ships that are traversing the Strait of Hormuz are part of the so-called shadow fleet of vessels flouting sanctions on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal