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overshadow

[oh-ver-shad-oh] / ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ /


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“The Oct. 7 events certainly overshadow these elections,” said Tamar Hermann, a pollster and senior fellow at the institute who led the poll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Anthropic’s investors are reportedly expecting the artificial-intelligence lab to go public next quarter — and overshadow SpaceX’s initial public offering.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Pointing to a decade of work promoting football worldwide - and in particular his support of African nations - the federation stressed that the episode should not overshadow Infantino's wider record.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Fecofa stressed that the episode, born of good intentions, should not overshadow Infantino's wider record.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Exactly. I have always liked the notion that the American twins were actually a poltergeist phenomenon; certainly poltergeists can overshadow any more interesting manifestation. Bad ghosts drive out good.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

“It’s a big week, but Nvidia overshadows everything.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

While El Barbry's income is growing, Willment explains the success of streamers who have built audiences "overshadows" the fact that "thousands, if not millions of people" are earning nothing, trying to break through.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Ben Hania’s insistence on close-up melodramatics — faces in anguish, a handheld camera glued to them — sometimes overshadows a thirst for something more analytical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

“The American public got a slight taste of the fear which overshadows the people of Europe constantly.”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

Greig was stripped of the captaincy and Australia's 1977 Ashes tour of England was overshadowed by the emergence of Packer's outfit.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

To his supporters, Vucic represents stability, development and patriotism in a country long overshadowed by the bloody wars of the 1990s and the international isolation that followed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In recent weeks, those fundraising efforts have been overshadowed by the much larger influx of money being collected by labor unions, business groups, real estate developers and others looking to boost their favored mayoral candidate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Phobos' gravity field is strongly overshadowed by Mars' gravity field," says Haser.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

When the war in Europe ended eight days later, it was overshadowed by the news from Baltimore that Caroline had been accepted by the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a full scholarship.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

“Yes, there’s been improvement. But does anyone care? No,” said McDaniel, referring to losses overshadowing improvements he’s seen since Week 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Corning issued lighter-than-expected third-quarter sales guidance, overshadowing a better-than-expected second quarter that was driven by artificial-intelligence demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Bullingham also made clear that the FA was keen to avoid the scenario of uncertainty over its manager's future overshadowing the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

A bad day for Adobe’s stock got even worse on Thursday after the company said another top executive was leaving, overshadowing an upbeat earnings report.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

The psychologist Jonathan W. Schooler, who pioneered research on this effect, calls it verbal overshadowing.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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