shady
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My suggestion — throw on your best headphones and find a shady tree to lean back against and chill out.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
“All the typewriters were stolen; you couldn’t work for a more shady person,” he told the podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The DOJ wants to know if something shady is afoot.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
While the amount being paid out is going up, the consumer group Which is concerned about what it calls "shady stuff going on in the industry".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
“I just will, though, for it’s capital, so shady, light, and big. It will make fun, and I don’t mind being a guy if I’m comfortable.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
When Andy Morling heard about a revolutionary new weight-loss cure on the BBC last spring, he figured it might spark a shadier market for fakes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
"So, anything that we can do to both provide a space here for people to be around greenery but also support them to make their own spaces cooler and shadier will be of benefit."
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
And in an even shadier turn of events: Talking Points Memo found that Santos has filed documents to have Devolder reinstated.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2022
A shady NYC restaurateur and her even shadier husband go on the lamb — sorry, that’s “lam” — in the new docuseries “Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
It was hotter than last time, so Angelo felt the pigs would be keeping to the shadier parts of the property.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
If planted in part-sun, they are likely to stay small and stunted, so give these your shadiest spot.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
"These types of conservation easements, some of them are the shadiest of the shady transactions," Wyden told HuffPost earlier this month.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2021
At the Bob Rudd Community Center in Pahrump, voter traffic was heavy as people sought the shadiest path possible to cast their ballots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
Facebook has been selling your Spotify playlists and Amazon cart to the shadiest overseas bidder.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 29, 2018
There were still traces of grainy old snowbanks in the shadiest spots, but in places the sun was actually hot.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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"To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman
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