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 Berlin one supposedly contained a million people for a quarter-final penalty shootout victory over Argentina, in the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Surrounded by Coconino National Forest, Arizona Mountain Inn offers a high-country escape in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
As the film explores, Buckley grew up in the shadow of his father, Tim Buckley, a singer-songwriter of some renown who died at age 28 of a drug overdose.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
It’s made in the shadow of films like Jeremiah Johnson and There Will Be Blood, but Train Dreams tracks its own path, intertwining the totality of Grainier’s life with the dramatic shifts in the landscape that the steam engine brought with it.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
Surrounded by Coconino National Forest, Arizona Mountain Inn offers a high-country escape in the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
As the film explores, Buckley grew up in the shadow of his father, Tim Buckley, a singer-songwriter of some renown who died at age 28 of a drug overdose.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
It’s made in the shadow of films like Jeremiah Johnson and There Will Be Blood, but Train Dreams tracks its own path, intertwining the totality of Grainier’s life with the dramatic shifts in the landscape that the steam engine brought with it.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 25 Nov. 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 19 Dec. 2025.
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