cast a shadow
Example Sentences
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A spate of recent incidents have also cast a shadow on the safety and operational track record of the airline.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
A big decline in ratings around Sheridan’s shows could cast a shadow over Paramount’s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The industry had hoped for a recovery this year, driven by better results in crucial markets like the U.S. and China, but the war in Iran has cast a shadow over those expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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 • Apr. 1, 2026
Water, they insisted, was not simply transparent: a sphere of water would cast a shadow, and no such shadow was to be seen.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
