overshadow
Example Sentences
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"It was a big event that happened, but I think there's enough good things that happen around the town that will overshadow it eventually."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
He expects the market to remain “highly reactive to headlines,” with geopolitical developments likely to overshadow underlying supply and demand fundamentals.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
The jobs report may overshadow the market’s recent preoccupation on just how much artificial intelligence will damage the growth prospects for software and other industries.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
This is the director’s first film, and you sense him working in the same mode as early Yorgos Lanthimos before the Greek provocateur felt confident that a charismatic performance wouldn’t overshadow his script.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Nonetheless, from Ishmael’s perspective this inclement weather should not be allowed to overshadow the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, which was an affair of a different sort entirely and of a greater magnitude.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Vocabulary lists containing overshadow
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