overshadow
Example Sentences
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Now it is threatening to overshadow a footballing moment decades in the making.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The latest top-line beat appeared to overshadow weak guidance for the current quarter.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
But unlike “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” spectacle isn’t allowed to overshadow the story.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Shares of Boeing got a lift Wednesday after the aerospace and defense giant’s first-quarter results showed continued strong growth in its defense and space business, enough to overshadow its larger commercial airplanes segment.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
“Exactly. I have always liked the notion that the American twins were actually a poltergeist phenomenon; certainly poltergeists can overshadow any more interesting manifestation. Bad ghosts drive out good.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Vocabulary lists containing overshadow
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