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overshadows

  • present tense form of overshadow (3rd person singular).

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Read: Rocket Lab’s stock slides as yet another rocket delay overshadows ‘record year’

From MarketWatch Mar. 31, 2026

Fire victims experienced something of such magnitude, they might believe, that it overshadows other, carefully honed parts of their identity — such as being a good friend or student or athlete, Leskin said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

The war, of course, overshadows almost every aspect of Mr. Wallace’s book.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

To be sure, private financing overshadows IPOs these days.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 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