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shadow

[shad-oh] / ˈʃæd oʊ /






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For the past 25 years, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have cast a long shadow over America—reshaping its politics, economy and psyche.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

When his adult son who happened to be working at Tatte stopped by with a question, Shaich zeroed in on a shadow of stubble he spotted.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

But if the new player council takes hold, the shadow maverick may have helped force the sport’s gatekeepers to pull up a seat at the table, then made his own seat unnecessary.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Sam Rowlands MS, the Conservative shadow minister for education agreed that the gap with England is "stark", and added that this should be a "wake-up call" for the Welsh government.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Perhaps he hadn’t imagined the moving shadow on the bus that morning.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

"A lot of time, optimizing and chasing different shadows."

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Atlas works in the shadows as “a think tank that creates think tanks,” and trains its partners on “how to win the battle for hearts and minds.”

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

Even before the Kubasik news, other shadows were hanging over L3Harris shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

But much of his work was conducted from the shadows.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The person who stepped out of the shadows was Angela DuPre.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The dinghy launched in Bay of the Seine and was shadowed for around 10 hours by French rescue boats in case it got into difficulty.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

NASA's Artemis program is aiming for crewed missions to the moon's south polar region in 2028, where permanently shadowed craters may contain valuable deposits of water ice.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

The 51-year-old ran a campaign shadowed by the divisive legacy of her father, who ruled Peru in the 1990s.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 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

Isobel stands near the shadowed stairs of the one she called home for almost a year, what now seems like a lifetime ago.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

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

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

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

A tall hat of fetal lamb balanced like a wasp’s nest on Grigori’s head, shadowing eyes as hard and gray as mica, with the same shallow gleam.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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