shadow
Example Sentences
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To move sanctioned barrels, the regime leaned heavily on its shadow fleet—a clandestine tanker network used to evade sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“The decline in shadow fleet activity likely reflects increased risk aversion among operators,” Dimitris Ampatzidis, a risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, told Barron’s.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
The shadow fleet, using methods like signal spoofing, is testing the blockade, though Centcom reported no ships got through in 24 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
A head coach in Phil Jackson who had moulded Michael Jordan into a winning machine for the Chicago Bulls and was now replicating that feat in the shadow of Hollywood.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
As he switched it off a sound lingered, the shadow of a hum—like another fishing boat in the distance.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing shadow
Black and Gray
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
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