shadow
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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
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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
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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
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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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