cast a pall on/over
idiom
: to give (something) an unhappy mood
Their argument cast a pall on the party.
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The implosion of talks between David Ellison’s Skydance and Shari Redstone has cast a pall on the town.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Even two years after the crash, Coriolan fears that her friend’s absence will cast a pall on the ceremony.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
That war continues to cast a pall over relations between China and India and spurred India to develop nuclear weapons.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
Coming off a Derby week free of fatal breakdowns, HISA officials are confident that multi-layered veterinary protocols, uniform drug testing and a flood of data on risk factors will reduce the catastrophic injuries that have cast a pall over some of the sport’s most famous races and venues.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Even two years after the crash, Coriolan fears that her friend’s absence will cast a pall on the ceremony.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
That war continues to cast a pall over relations between China and India and spurred India to develop nuclear weapons.
—Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Sep. 2021
Coming off a Derby week free of fatal breakdowns, HISA officials are confident that multi-layered veterinary protocols, uniform drug testing and a flood of data on risk factors will reduce the catastrophic injuries that have cast a pall over some of the sport’s most famous races and venues.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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