overshadow

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

India's IT Secretary S Krishnan said the controversy should not "overshadow" the work put in by other participants at the summit.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

These few dim points appeared to overshadow otherwise encouraging signals in the print.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 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

“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