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as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
a pall of gloom overshadowed the failing theater's last production
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as in to subside
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
viewers' interest in the reality show eventually palled
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Recent Examples of pall
Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Post then played Sunday in a contest that was coated in a thick pall.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
But after a time, the combination of abrasive, impenetrably shellacked characters and deliberately, hopelessly tangled shaggy-dog storytelling begins to pall, and viewers may wish for a simpler way in.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Aug. 2022
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Noun
Still, an obvious pall hung over the team, and no one needed to ask why the atmosphere was so dire.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Post then played Sunday in a contest that was coated in a thick pall.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
But three weeks into their stay — Spain arrived in New Zealand well in advance of its first game, hoping to draw the sting from the jet lag — the place had started to pall.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
But after a time, the combination of abrasive, impenetrably shellacked characters and deliberately, hopelessly tangled shaggy-dog storytelling begins to pall, and viewers may wish for a simpler way in.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pall
Noun
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Miami put the final nail in the coffin with a second goal from Messi in the 90th minute.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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The nail in the coffin was Friday’s hotter-than-expected producer price index for February, as persistent inflation was added to the laundry list of unknowns.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2026
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So far, Anthropic’s Claude is among the only AI models available for classified use, via Amazon’s top-secret cloud and Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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After a week of stormy weather across California, a break in the clouds provided a glimpse of a mountainous landscape transformed by snow.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The performance is as delicate as a veil, as cutting as a razor’s slash.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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Picture gems scattered on a neutral base, a stripe that curves just off center, and a veil of shimmer over a milky pastel.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
19 Feb. 2026
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While a surge in outmigration from the Valley unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work has subsided, more residents are still leaving the region than arriving from other parts of the United States.—
Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Andrii Yalanskyi/Getty Images While recent news showing inflation dropping, unemployment declining and stock market performance roaring are all encouraging for Americans, the reality is that the economic troubles of recent years will take an extended period of time to subside.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The American flag, first recognized by Congress in 1777, represents the nation in all sorts of ways — in battle, in parades, at ballgames, at the Olympics and even on caskets — and has evolved over the years.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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His parents picked out a blue casket adorned with a bronze baseball and glove.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
13 Feb. 2026
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The glacier – now wrapped in vast white shrouds in a desperate attempt to slow its melting – emerges as both subject and body, altar and loss.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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This was a fugitive sensibility with a shroud of shame around it.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Work remained consistent even if the projects diminished in prestige and quality.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Left unaddressed, a voter in Maryland who prefers a House majority willing to check the power of the White House will have their vote diminished by what Republicans are doing elsewhere in the country.—
Eric H. Holder Jr,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Feb. 2026
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As recorded in all four Gospel accounts, when some of the women who’d followed Jesus to Calvary arrived at the tomb on Sunday morning, now recognized as Easter Sunday, to prepare the body for proper burial, the rock had been rolled away and the tomb was empty, according to Harvard University.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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Stoppini estimates the number of pilgrims could well reach half a million before the bones go back into their tomb next month.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Pall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pall. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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