cast a (dark) cloud
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: to cause people to stop trusting something
The scandal cast a cloud over his presidency.
Several problems have cast a cloud on the program's future.
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And its failure to do so has cast a cloud over the country's future.
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
But this development has cast a cloud of potential scandal on top of other points of division.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
The tragedy cast a cloud over Botswana, a heavily Christian nation of about 2.5 million that was preparing to celebrate the Easter weekend.
—Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The attack left a colossal crater and cast a cloud of deep sorrow over the village.
—Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
But this development has cast a cloud of potential scandal on top of other points of division.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
The tragedy cast a cloud over Botswana, a heavily Christian nation of about 2.5 million that was preparing to celebrate the Easter weekend.
—Yvonne Mooka, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The attack left a colossal crater and cast a cloud of deep sorrow over the village.
—Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
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