Example Sentences

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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

MongoDB plunges as disappointing guidance overshadows better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Ben Hania’s insistence on close-up melodramatics — faces in anguish, a handheld camera glued to them — sometimes overshadows a thirst for something more analytical.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

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