in the shadow of

idiom

1
: very close to
a town located in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains
2
: in a position of being unnoticed because all the attention is given to someone else
She grew up in the shadow of her very popular sister.

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After pulverizing Gaza so relentlessly that a country founded in the shadow of the Holocaust was judged by experts as complicit in genocide, Israel’s military and intelligence apparatus also struck out elsewhere—Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Syria. Karl Vick, Time, 11 Oct. 2025 Having spent his entire life in the shadow of Cody (Brandon Tyler Moore), the far more athletic twin brother primed for combat by their sadistic dad, John (Blake Burt) cuts a far more sympathetic figure. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025 The two main areas for tailgating are Aggie Park, in the shadow of Kyle Field on main campus, and the property surrounding Reed Arena on west campus. Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025 Mint follows Shannon, the naïve daughter of the area’s dominant crime family, desperately searching for love in the shadow of her gangster father, Dylan (Sam Riley). Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the shadow of

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“In the shadow of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20shadow%20of. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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