shadow
Example Sentences
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The network employs fake invoices, mislabeled crude and a shadow fleet of tankers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Pope Leo XIV led a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum in Rome on Friday as he prepares for his first Easter as pontiff in the shadow of war in the Middle East.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
But worse yet, they said, the outcome “would cast a shadow over the citizenship of millions upon millions of Americans, going back generations.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
He said thousands of people had gathered in Lurgan weeks ago to celebrate St Patrick's Day, and that the "starkness of this event" casts a shadow on the town.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Danny had never given too much attention to his shadow.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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