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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

A self-described "proper working-class" woman, Rayner rose quickly in Westminster, taking up the women and equalities and education briefs in the shadow cabinet of former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The company had software engineers shadow bankers for two weeks from 8:30 a.m. to midnight and catalog everything they did to find efficiencies.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

There were times in the group home when he felt like everything around him was a shadow.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

Sunlight filters through the roof, shadows move across the field during the game and it doesn’t feel so enclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 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

Beyond the shelter, the shadows seemed to have deepened.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

“Cancel Me If You Can” is part Barstool origin story, part unorthodox management manual and part rebuttal to the critics who have shadowed his rise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Nandy later shadowed Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove before moving to international development.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

“It is all of you I am worried about,” he said, his face shadowed with a darkness beyond that of the night.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

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

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

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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