blotting out

The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blotting out the sunlight.

The hideous tank loomed over Carmen’s neighborhood, blotting out the sun.

Interestingly, an early draft of the lyrics had the couple fleeing the city and blotting out the pressures of the world, an idea which eventually resurfaced in I Know Places.

On Sunday, Mr. Trump’s seven rivals seemed to hope voters simply ignored that the former president was blotting out the sun.

Wildfire smoke engulfed the iconic skyline of New York, blotting out the Empire State Building in a dystopian orange haze.