in the shadow of
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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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The contests will be closely watched as a measure of whether voters in the shadow of Washington will embrace President Trump’s aggressive effort to overhaul the federal government, or be repelled by it.
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Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The school was on the shores of Lake Geneva, in the shadow of the Alps.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Yet the filmmaker and his collaborators have also deepened their vision of a world on the brink, adding in strong elements of British folk horror, anxiety over good-old-days nationalism and an emphasis on what happens to a generation growing up in the shadow of normalized chaos.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers could only watch from afar as Ohtani reached the peak of his two-way prowess in a stadium in the shadow of Disneyland.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The school was on the shores of Lake Geneva, in the shadow of the Alps.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Yet the filmmaker and his collaborators have also deepened their vision of a world on the brink, adding in strong elements of British folk horror, anxiety over good-old-days nationalism and an emphasis on what happens to a generation growing up in the shadow of normalized chaos.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers could only watch from afar as Ohtani reached the peak of his two-way prowess in a stadium in the shadow of Disneyland.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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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 1 Jul. 2025.
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