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eclipse

noun as in shadowing of the sun

verb as in obscure, veil

verb as in surpass achievement

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A moment later the lid of the barrel was pried off, revealing a circle of blue sky that was instantly eclipsed by a man, peering in.

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Debate around it had been partially eclipsed by partisan drama between Carney's Liberals and the Conservative opposition, who lost a member of their caucus to the Liberals shortly after the fiscal plan was proposed.

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The dazzle of their outfits eclipsed the afterglow of the light.

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By the early 1960s it was headed for extinction, eclipsed by more practical film formats—to say nothing of the versatile, reliable miracles that are today’s digital movie cameras.

In 1932, people predicted that Cleopatra’s Needle was going to crumble just before a solar eclipse.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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