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• His younger teammates grew up still in the shadow of the war.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• Think of Facebook, launched in 2004, in the shadow of the dotcom bust.
  — Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas, WIRED, 24 Dec. 2022
• His go-to in Delhi is grilled over open coals at this stall in the shadow of the Jama Masjid.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
• That's been true, of course, of all the Creed movies, a series caught in the shadow of another.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
• The deals are being made in the shadow of a looming actors strike.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• Nestled in the shadow of the Teton mountains, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is a fairy tale of a town.
  — House Beautiful, 1 Dec. 2022
• There is a man standing at a bus stop on Western Avenue, in the shadow of the big Metro bus bays.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
• Nestled in the shadow of the Alps is the land of bubbles, where Moscato plays the first chair in this orchestra.
  — Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024
• There is an old garden adage that tells us that the garden grows best in the shadow of the gardener.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The slate also had room for a generation of Philly acts raised in the shadow of the Picnic.
  — Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2023
• One of the biggest worries for Baskin was that season 11 would play out in the shadow of Scandoval.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
• Ten cabins sit among the pine forests, adjacent to the eponymous lake and in the shadow of mountains.
  — Julie Destefano, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
• Of course, all of this is happening in the shadow of what feels like a lazy subplot on a bad sitcom.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• By now, many of their new progeny had fallen asleep, in the street, on the doorstep of the palace, in the shadow of the temple, everywhere.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
• Has Tatis been forgiven, at least in the shadow of Petco Park?
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
• Shot in the shadow of the Swiss Alps, the film depicts the curative aspects of its surroundings.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
• The new theater will be in the shadow of the wheel, facing Universal Boulevard.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
• Yet right across the street, in the shadow of the state capitol, sit some of the state’s most disenfranchised citizens.
  — Maya Homan, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
• The phrase can just as well be used to describe the experience of Russians who grew up in the shadow of the Second World War.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2022
• Biden gave a speech on infrastructure and the economy in the shadow of the Brent Spence Bridge on Wednesday.
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2023
• Fridge is one of many artists looking in the shadow of the moon for inspiration, ahead of the solar eclipse set to cross the United States on April 8.
  — Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
• From picnicking in the shadow of ancient aqueducts to sipping cocktails at the hottest new rooftop bar, these are the best things to do in Rome.
  — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2024
• Tommy Cutlets has become the toast — or maybe the bruschetta — of the towns that lie in the shadow of MetLife Stadium.
  — Mark Bonamo Bryan Anselm, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• One safe way is to position yourself in the shadow of a building, vehicle, or awning with the Sun hidden just to the east.
  — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, flash points are erupting elsewhere in the shadow of the ongoing war.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• Captain Jen maneuvers her boat in the shadow of the immense Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• Opening night crowds were excited to take in the band in the shadow of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
• One reason the Houthis have been so poorly understood is that their movement arose in the shadow of the Saudi monarchy.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• Here in the heart of downtown Los Angeles — in the shadow of poverty and despair of Skid Row — someone had just won $1 billion.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• The 1980s had been a dark decade, after all, lying in the shadow of the disasters at Heysel and Bradford and Hillsborough.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024