shadow
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Conservative shadow housing secretary Katie Lam said it was a "noble aim" to protect UK democracy from foreign influence but changes proposed by the government had not always been produced with "proper care and attention".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
They can suffer from lower perceived competence, burn out, and ultimately quit or flee to other sports to escape the older sibling’s shadow, which isn’t necessarily a negative course correction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to hold talks Wednesday with his Egyptian counterpart on his first visit to Cairo in a decade, under the shadow of looming US sanctions over financial links to Iran.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the Angels, who have played their home games in the shadow of Disneyland in Anaheim since 1966, the 79-year-old Kroenke is taking over one of the most bumbling teams in the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Fin-Kedinn fell silent, the firelight etching his face with shadow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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"A lot of time, optimizing and chasing different shadows."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Montes shadows the quarterbacks and tries to listen in on Chesney and others whenever he can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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
They value their assets infrequently, in the shadows, rather than in the daily sunlight of public markets—and even insiders concede those valuations can be dubious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The fox and the badger ducked into the soft shadows of Fernlight, where beetles hummed and critters scattered through the undergrowth.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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
The shadowed portion could also develop a rusty or copper colored tint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
In his first few years, the former quarterback and Georgia state high school player of year routinely shadowed Rams receivers step for step on routes during practice, or lined up opposite them in press coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
The guests had all left slowly, saying little, their faces shadowed with guilt, as if embarrassed that they had allowed the air raid to ruin the wedding.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Wednesday's full eclipse may be something many of us remember for a long time: the special glasses, the colanders, and the eerie shadowing of the sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
But after the shadowing process, he reassigned that task to its business-development team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 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
Emmett was a blur around the bases, Carlisle shadowing him.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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