cast a pall on/over
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: to give (something) an unhappy mood
Their argument cast a pall on the party.
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At a Kansas City Super Bowl parade last year, a shootout stemming from a personal grievance left a woman dead, wounded about two dozen others and cast a pall on what had been a celebratory day.
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Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
News of a federal inquiry into Mizuhara's possible links to gamblers cast a pall on Dodgers' 2024 opening games, played in Seoul.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The trials cast a pall over the entire project of engineering blood.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Brutal political assassinations have cast a pall over Guerrero in southwest Mexico.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jason Morris, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
News of a federal inquiry into Mizuhara's possible links to gamblers cast a pall on Dodgers' 2024 opening games, played in Seoul.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
The trials cast a pall over the entire project of engineering blood.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Brutal political assassinations have cast a pall over Guerrero in southwest Mexico.
—Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Cast a pall on/over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20a%20pall%20on%2Fover. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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