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overshadow

[oh-ver-shad-oh] / ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ /


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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

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

"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

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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