overshadow
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Concerns over Yinson’s high gearing and offshore exposure could overshadow the potential benefits of greater scale and talent for MISC’s offshore business, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Anthropic’s investors are reportedly expecting the artificial-intelligence lab to go public next quarter — and overshadow SpaceX’s initial public offering.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Pointing to a decade of work promoting football worldwide - and in particular his support of African nations - the federation stressed that the episode should not overshadow Infantino's wider record.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sandisk stock was falling late Wednesday after a disappointing outlook from the memory maker seemed to overshadow strong fourth-quarter results.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nonetheless, from Ishmael’s perspective this inclement weather should not be allowed to overshadow the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, which was an affair of a different sort entirely and of a greater magnitude.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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What’s more, the histrionic grandeur she imbues the scene with overshadows the dramatic revelation that follows: the reading of the Delphic oracle’s judgment that she is indeed innocent, and Leontes is “a jealous tyrant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Ben Hania’s insistence on close-up melodramatics — faces in anguish, a handheld camera glued to them — sometimes overshadows a thirst for something more analytical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Yet the situation overshadows Tuesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final in the Welsh capital, where Chelsea face the League One leaders and are expected to win.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
The Newton of rhetoric—the one person whose work in this department overshadows the whole history of the subject—was, of course, Aristotle.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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All this, however, has been overshadowed by a transfer deadline day that ended as nothing short of a debacle.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"I hope the situation resolves quickly, especially since we have just started the new school year after a year overshadowed by wartime conditions," she added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Together, they reveal a vital side of his filmmaking that can easily get overshadowed in a career this big.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Trump later said such a summit might have overshadowed his planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
My anger at Anna May for not showing up for my fashion show had faded, overshadowed by the queasiness of guilt.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Leveraged ETFs and their siblings, inverse funds, are risky, and their frenzied proliferation that kicked into overdrive 2025 may be overshadowing their big jump in closures this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bullingham also made clear that the FA was keen to avoid the scenario of uncertainty over its manager's future overshadowing the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The Dodgers’ recent bullpen problems persisted in a 6-4 loss Sunday, overshadowing a bounce-back effort from Emmet Sheehan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Public sentiment around AI has quickly shifted, with worries about job loss and privacy overshadowing any productivity enhancements the technology might bring.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Was Jack Collins, in fact, Bobby’s most important teacher, overshadowing Carmine Nigro?
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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