shadow

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Both the apartments and offices are in the shadow of MIT, one of America’s universities thinking harder about how to support entrepreneurship on campus–and hold onto its students.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But worse yet, they said, the outcome “would cast a shadow over the citizenship of millions upon millions of Americans, going back generations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Now her son is being asked to do his own bit of royal diplomacy in the shadow of another international conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

MIAMI—The Iran war has cast a shadow over the recent momentum of investors and asset managers flocking to the Middle East as the region tried to diversify beyond energy.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

It was so bright that for a moment it looked like neither of them had a shadow.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova