shadow
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A lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth, and Moon become aligned, allowing the Moon to pass through Earth's shadow.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
For Daco, if Warsh continues to remain cryptic in his statements, "the political shadow" will only grow.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
An October study by the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network tracked that Dubai-based companies moved $6.4 billion in potential Iranian shadow banking funds in 2024, 71% of the global total.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For most of human existence, we have lived in the shadow of starvation: Our bodies evolved to stockpile energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I used to wish that a shadow would come and take me to a magic land,” Danny said.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Although other CEOs have historically remained in the shadows, Graves is often splashed all over the brand pages.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Beneath the shadows of indigo-streaked clouds, a young woman strolls through a fog-covered city, stopping at the base of a skyscraper.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Prof Licence shows what can be achieved when neglected sources are expertly brought out of the shadows," he added.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Those elements round out Neff’s romance-driven design, which includes wrought-iron rejas that cast dramatic shadows worthy of the noir classic “Double Indemnity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He did it with thick lines and thin lines, lines fat with goo and lines that were mere shadows.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Elsewhere in Spain, the same fervour could be seen almost everywhere shadowed by the eclipse, such as the town of Colmenar Viejo, near Madrid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Deeply shadowed lunar craters can trap water and other volatile materials for extremely long periods.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Matthew Manning, already on his third remote job in three years after graduating in 2023, has never shadowed another employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
It won both games, never trailed, gave up just a goal and won its group handily, playing with a verve and confidence that erased all the doubts that had shadowed it coming in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
I peered into the car to get a good look at him in the shadowed interior.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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She was still shadowing a more senior member of staff when the choking incident occurred.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
In the early 1990s, David Dorsey spent a year shadowing executives selling copiers for then-booming Xerox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
For five days Buford had been tracking Lee’s army, shadowing it from a long way off as you track a big cat.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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