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 spat culminated in March in new EU sanctions on China, which cast a pall over an investment treaty that Brussels and Beijing had agreed to in principle in December 2020.
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Sam Geall, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2021
Although the monologue cast a pall over the rest of the show, the sketches that followed made for a loose, rip-roaring episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
And that doesn’t account for the COVID-19 pandemic, which cast a pall over all employment statistics for the last 10 months of Trump’s presidency.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Instead, a helicopter crashed through the stained glass window and cast a pall on the ceremony, prompting everyone in attendance to spring into action and help the victims.
—The Deadline Tv Team, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
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Sam Geall, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2021
Although the monologue cast a pall over the rest of the show, the sketches that followed made for a loose, rip-roaring episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
And that doesn’t account for the COVID-19 pandemic, which cast a pall over all employment statistics for the last 10 months of Trump’s presidency.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Instead, a helicopter crashed through the stained glass window and cast a pall on the ceremony, prompting everyone in attendance to spring into action and help the victims.
—The Deadline Tv Team, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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