shadow
Example Sentences
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Learning about this island in the Caribbean — with its outsized reputation and long shadow — is how I’ve come to understand him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
But to what extent does the unprecedented catalogue of more than 100 charges of alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules cast a shadow over Guardiola's time in charge?
From BBC • May 19, 2026
The EPP has firm support from the hard-right ECR party, whose shadow rapporteur on the file, Kris Van Dijck, also said he was "cautiously optimistic".
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Seattle’s Century 21 Exposition took place in the shadow of the Cold War, following the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial Earth satellite.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Danny didn’t think a cloud’s shadow could look like a person, but he kept this to himself.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Vocabulary lists containing shadow
Black and Gray
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
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