cloud over

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The rulings could be a widespread cloud over digital-advertising businesses, Jefferies equities analyst Jeffrey Favuzza wrote in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The battle to acquire the fabled Hollywood studio has cast another cloud over an industry still recovering from the dual shocks of the pandemic and the writers and actors union strikes three years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

He wrote to the SEC's college of bishops, saying: "Anne Dyer I'm sure will always have a cloud over her unless it's decided one way or another whether she behaved properly or improperly."

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Investors will be wrestling with the strategic and financial implications of the acquisition, and those issues could create a cloud over Netflix stock, which trades under the ticker NFLX.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

That big dark eye starting to cloud over.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick