shadow
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The hives are positioned on the roof of the shopping centre, in the shadow of the famous St Johns Beacon.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The shadow of the years of chaos still looms.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Sierra also contextualizes Kenmure Street within the long shadow of slavery, industry, imperialism and grassroots opposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Baer was fascinated by the human silhouette, and his detailed darkroom notes show the lengths he went to achieve the effects of light and shadow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A shadow crosses over the grass, and I look up.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Even minor changes in shadows or lighting can trigger the software, producing hundreds of false signals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
He also learned to avoid pickoffs by watching for the shadows of opponents sneaking up behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
European hopes of parity had begun to fade into the shadows of the evening sunshine, with Angela Stanford's visitors seemingly assuming control of the 20th edition of the biggest team competition in women's golf.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Atlas works in the shadows as “a think tank that creates think tanks,” and trains its partners on “how to win the battle for hearts and minds.”
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Sometimes, when moon shadows were on the trail and we were hauling things down from the forest, the wild look would come back again.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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The French coastguard, who had shadowed the vessel, said about 60 migrants on the boat were in "precarious conditions" and refused help as they were "determined to take all risks to reach" the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Carefully monitored shadowed regions near the South Pole could allow scientists to test the real limits of microbial survival under conditions that are extremely difficult to reproduce on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
In his first few years, the former quarterback and Georgia state high school player of year routinely shadowed Rams receivers step for step on routes during practice, or lined up opposite them in press coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The 51-year-old ran a campaign shadowed by the divisive legacy of her father, who ruled Peru in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
And he stared at her and at the shadowed hollows of her face and he thought again how there was no beauty in her and how for many years had he not desired her.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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That unexpected suppression presents a challenge for a long-standing explanation called "nuclear shadowing," which has successfully accounted for earlier measurements.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The BBC understands all operational staff complete more than eight weeks of training, which includes shadowing roles in other prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Around that time, Matarazzo also spent seven weeks shadowing the single most influential coach in global soccer, Pep Guardiola.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
The documentary team immersed itself in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Games, shadowing two boys and two girls throughout the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Its leaves harvest sunlight to photosynthesize, so trees compete by shadowing their neighbors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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