shadow
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A shadow can briefly resemble a face, or one object can momentarily be mistaken for another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Three days into the eruption, much of North America is living in the shadow of Yellowstone.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The fact that victims have been withdrawing their cases because they have taken too long has been a disgrace," said shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
But the “L.A. Confidential” shadow is long, and the artlessly edited “The Black Dahlia” wilted quickly in it.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
A flickering shadow caught my eye and I froze mid-laugh.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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After 1928, women's middle-distance shrunk into the shadows for the next few decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"A lot of time, optimizing and chasing different shadows."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Montes shadows the quarterbacks and tries to listen in on Chesney and others whenever he can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Atlas works in the shadows as “a think tank that creates think tanks,” and trains its partners on “how to win the battle for hearts and minds.”
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
The person who stepped out of the shadows was Angela DuPre.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Rising Treasury yields have been shadowed by mortgage rates, and the average rate on a 30-year home loan recently topped 7%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The dinghy launched in Bay of the Seine and was shadowed for around 10 hours by French rescue boats in case it got into difficulty.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Elsewhere in Spain, the same fervour could be seen almost everywhere shadowed by the eclipse, such as the town of Colmenar Viejo, near Madrid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
In his first few years, the former quarterback and Georgia state high school player of year routinely shadowed Rams receivers step for step on routes during practice, or lined up opposite them in press coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
There was a manic vibrancy about her, about the way she left for the refugee camp each day, about the exhaustion that shadowed her eyes when she returned in the evenings.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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That unexpected suppression presents a challenge for a long-standing explanation called "nuclear shadowing," which has successfully accounted for earlier measurements.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The BBC understands all operational staff complete more than eight weeks of training, which includes shadowing roles in other prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He recently won a charity auction to spend a day shadowing Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang and geeked out on the billionaire’s organizational prowess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The documentary team immersed itself in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Games, shadowing two boys and two girls throughout the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Robb turned the big grey stallion and walked him slowly away from her, Grey Wind shadowing his steps.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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