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shadowy

[shad-oh-ee] / ˈʃæd oʊ i /


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He is currently embracing shadowy cryptocurrency schemes that are generating massive profits.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

With street lights off, residents walked home through shadowy neighbourhoods while cinemas that usually buzz with late screenings stayed dark.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

And from the shadowy, crystal-studded darkness Goth Yoga LA was born.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

The London museum highlights the 18th-century painter’s rich, shadowy tableaux, emblematic of their age of intellectual discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

A solar panel gleamed like shadowy obsidian atop a tall metal pipe that reached beyond the canopy of broad leaves.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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