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shadowing

[shad-oh-ing] / ˈʃæd oʊ ɪŋ /


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Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 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

In the early 1990s, David Dorsey spent a year shadowing executives selling copiers for then-booming Xerox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

After a quick shower I hurried to the kitchen, Fig shadowing my lead.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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