overshadow

Example Sentences

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"It was a big event that happened, but I think there's enough good things that happen around the town that will overshadow it eventually."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“They’ve created films that endured and that overshadow others.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The jobs report may overshadow the market’s recent preoccupation on just how much artificial intelligence will damage the growth prospects for software and other industries.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Some analysts said that the results shouldn’t overshadow the two prior months of strong retail-sales figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

“Exactly. I have always liked the notion that the American twins were actually a poltergeist phenomenon; certainly poltergeists can overshadow any more interesting manifestation. Bad ghosts drive out good.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson