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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You will be met at the jetty in the shadow of the splendid ruin of Castle Tioram and skimmed across to Eilean Shona by boat.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Life carries on in the shadow of a deadly crackdown on protesters and under the specter of a potential new military faceoff with the United States.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Despite competing in the shadow of Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, Dean’s October saw one win after another.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
After roughly half an hour of sitting with the officers in the shadow of the kapok, being interrogated about my thoughts on the government, a four-by-four pulled up.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Life carries on in the shadow of a deadly crackdown on protesters and under the specter of a potential new military faceoff with the United States.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
Despite competing in the shadow of Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl, Dean’s October saw one win after another.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
After roughly half an hour of sitting with the officers in the shadow of the kapok, being interrogated about my thoughts on the government, a four-by-four pulled up.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
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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 23 Jan. 2026.
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