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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Opposing hitters are raking at .380 at sea level, versus .332 in the shadow of those mountain peaks.
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Nearly 40 years ago, the fading working-class neighborhood of Wynwood landed its first cadre of artists when a group fleeing rising rents in Coconut Grove moved their studios into a ramshackle Art Deco-era former commercial bread factory in the shadow of Interstate 95.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
The film’s few anecdotal elements—as when a squire ritualistically but strenuously dresses Roca, lifting him by the waistband and tightening the fit as if to leave bulls no loose fabric to catch by the horn—cast the bullfighter’s entire existence in the shadow of danger and death.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
For someone who’s been raised in the shadow of a zombie apocalypse, Spike has always lived in the absence of death.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
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Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Nearly 40 years ago, the fading working-class neighborhood of Wynwood landed its first cadre of artists when a group fleeing rising rents in Coconut Grove moved their studios into a ramshackle Art Deco-era former commercial bread factory in the shadow of Interstate 95.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
The film’s few anecdotal elements—as when a squire ritualistically but strenuously dresses Roca, lifting him by the waistband and tightening the fit as if to leave bulls no loose fabric to catch by the horn—cast the bullfighter’s entire existence in the shadow of danger and death.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
For someone who’s been raised in the shadow of a zombie apocalypse, Spike has always lived in the absence of death.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
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