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overshadow

[oh-ver-shad-oh] / ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ /


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The relentless positivity might serve as a corrective for a country where, for some, anger and disenchantment has come to overshadow everything, including an everyday decency that never actually disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

At the time, the Iaquinta fight was eclipsed by the exact kind of theatrics that the UFC values and that increasingly overshadow the sport itself.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

As share prices for those two companies grow, they overshadow the rest of the Korean stock market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The top-line beat appeared to overshadow weak guidance for the current quarter.

From Barron's • May 14, 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




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