shadow

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Pacific time, it will be the sun’s turn to get eclipsed by the moon, with the spacecraft plunging into the darkness of the moon’s shadow for an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 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

Some of the few ships that are traversing the Strait of Hormuz are part of the so-called shadow fleet of vessels flouting sanctions on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Now her son is being asked to do his own bit of royal diplomacy in the shadow of another international conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A blanket hung from the ceiling, and I could see the shadow of a bed behind it.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney