overshadow
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But Tuesday's disclosure shows his crypto earnings overshadow income from his real estate business, which first catapulted him to fame.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The relentless positivity might serve as a corrective for a country where, for some, anger and disenchantment has come to overshadow everything, including an everyday decency that never actually disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
But the chaotic geopolitical scene is likely to overshadow such considerations at this year's meeting.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
At the time, the Iaquinta fight was eclipsed by the exact kind of theatrics that the UFC values and that increasingly overshadow the sport itself.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Doreen didn’t look much better, but the exuberance of her entry was enough to overshadow any haggardness.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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“It’s a big week, but Nvidia overshadows everything.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
In an August quarterly earnings call, Beyond Chief Executive Ethan Brown said the shortened name “provides for reduced emphasis on facsimile, a now-complicated frame that overshadows the real, high-quality protein offerings we provide to consumers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
MongoDB plunges as disappointing guidance overshadows better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
The Newton of rhetoric—the one person whose work in this department overshadows the whole history of the subject—was, of course, Aristotle.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia called for freedom of navigation in international straits on Thursday as they wrapped a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The gross-margin figures and record backlog overshadowed the company’s announcement that fourth-quarter revenues are estimated to be near the low end of the $11 billion to $12.5 billion guidance range.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Even there, they were often overshadowed until scoring massive windfalls from recent AI and other investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Two of the Invictus events had already been completely overshadowed, taking away attention from his work supporting injured military veterans.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The joy from my date with Vince was overshadowed by my uncertainty about tomorrow at Central High.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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Bullingham also made clear that the FA was keen to avoid the scenario of uncertainty over its manager's future overshadowing the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
The Dodgers’ recent bullpen problems persisted in a 6-4 loss Sunday, overshadowing a bounce-back effort from Emmet Sheehan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Inevitably, the Holocaust imbalances this novel, its horrors overshadowing the complex themes and human dramas that Mr. O’Connor had taken pains to create.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
But optimism surrounding U.S.-Iran peace deal prospects are overshadowing the “increasingly dire” declines for U.S. and international supplies, said Richey.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Recognizing faces sounds like a very specific process, but Schooler has shown that the implications of verbal overshadowing carry over to the way we solve much broader problems.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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