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shadowy

[shad-oh-ee] / ˈʃæd oʊ i /


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Appeared in the April 25, 2026, print edition as 'A Shadowy Leaker at the Supreme Court'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The track, The Shadowy Light, paired her voice with international musicians, in a song that reflected on death and the afterlife.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Shadowy organizations lurk in the shadows of other shadowier organizations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

Shadowy rebel groups have called for independence for the southern Malay-Muslim majority provinces, which were part of a sultanate called Patani and annexed by Thailand in 1909 as part of treaty with Britain.

From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2022

Shadowy figures were moving around inside it, none of them clearly in focus.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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