pall
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The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
The merger with Paramount, which the companies aim to close by the end of September, has cast a pall over Warner Bros., making its box-office success this year bittersweet.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
“Rising energy prices are already casting a pall over economic growth prospects and the ability of central banks to keep inflation in check,” Bloomberg News reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
When the money ran out, hunger began to cast a pall over their lives.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The immediate damage is clear to see, with heavy palls of smoke hanging over the blackened and charred landscape, but a conservation expert said the long-term damage could take hundreds of years to repair.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
All the while, Israeli bombardment has boomed and raised palls of smoke.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Her work reminds us that true intimacy never palls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
I read him all the time, and he never palls.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
As we made our way through the matchbox-type Tembisa houses, we saw fires and palls of black smoke in the distance.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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