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shadow

[shad-oh] / ˈʃæd oʊ /






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The company had previously used so-called shadow factories for touch-up work on its bestselling 737 and 787 models until it closed down the last of those lines in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He made 33 appearances across all competitions for City but suffered a number of injury setbacks and, at times, looked a shadow of the player he was before the injury.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

“We see shadow figures … there’s a certain area where they pass back and forth. They don’t do anything, but they’re scary as hell,” Kobliha says of unusual sightings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

But the efficiency gains reshaping startups are casting a long shadow over the next generation of programmers.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

She struggled and tried to step on the shadow, but that’s the thing about shadows—they could take any shape.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

In classic spycraft, CIA officers steal information in the shadows from a foreign country to inform Washington policymakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

"Sometimes I like to just hide in the shadows," she says as the record opens.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Those who remained would have to live in the shadows, never able to legally work or secure basic protections of lawful residency.

From Slate Jun. 30, 2026

Facing such constraints, she is mulling shifting part of her income into the shadows.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Not wanting to take any chances, though, I stepped a little farther into the shadows of the trees.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Lockheed Martin plans to advance a compact, modular power system designed to generate electricity in the Moon's permanently shadowed regions, where sunlight never reaches.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Permanently shadowed regions are especially valuable because their extremely cold temperatures help trap and preserve molecules.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 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

He slides in next to me, stiff as a wall, with eyes round and shadowed as the moon.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

The documentary team immersed itself in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Games, shadowing two boys and two girls throughout the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

After squeezing in the back of too many cabs, he began shadowing Hassabis at home and filming his “second day” between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 17, 2026

That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

I think back to the evening when Metias decided to resign from shadowing Chian and joining the Trial enforcers.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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