overshadow
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Senior U.S. officials have responded by trying to avoid public confrontations with Beijing that could overshadow or derail plans for the summit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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
This was quite the moment to elevate the sun-kissed event above the DeChambeau controversy which had threatened to overshadow the week.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
However the reports published by a media consortium, led by Forbidden Stories, about the Pegasus spyware threatened to overshadow his visit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Pong resolved that he would build up a mountain of good deeds to overshadow his bad ones.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Fire victims experienced something of such magnitude, they might believe, that it overshadows other, carefully honed parts of their identity — such as being a good friend or student or athlete, Leskin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 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 war, of course, overshadows almost every aspect of Mr. Wallace’s book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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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"Phobos' gravity field is strongly overshadowed by Mars' gravity field," says Haser.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
He positioned himself as Fan No. 1 for a team still overshadowed by Showtime in Lakerland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But the debut was overshadowed when manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, who the IBA had brought in to host, was arrested by U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
She also pointed to comments aimed at female DJs on social media, where discussions about their music can be overshadowed by comments about their appearance.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Papa-Nnukwu’s death had overshadowed everything, pushed Papa’s face into a vague place.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Corning issued lighter-than-expected third-quarter sales guidance, overshadowing a better-than-expected second quarter that was driven by artificial-intelligence demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
To be sure, the surge in the size and number of monster deals could be overshadowing other money-raising efforts from smaller companies and investment by smaller funds, industry experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
Was Jack Collins, in fact, Bobby’s most important teacher, overshadowing Carmine Nigro?
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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