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  • verb Present participle of overshadow.

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Examples

  • You should also learn that what they did is known as overshadowing just for starters.

    Comments for Broke-Ass Student 2010

  • You should also learn that what they did is known as overshadowing just for starters.

    Comments for Broke-Ass Student bilbobaggins 2010

  • WHITFIELD: Hey, Lisa, I'm just going to interrupt you for a minute because the crowd is kind of overshadowing your words, so I'm going to ask you to speak a little but louder, we're going to give it one more shot to see if we can hear you a little bit more clearly.

    CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2009 2009

  • So, necessarily, what Obama has to say and what John McCain has to say are both kind of overshadowing what the president has to say.

    CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2008 2008

  • Replacing s's with z's and leaving out apostrophes is not convincing enough, especially when practically every other word is so carefully written, including "overshadowing". lol Posing is an acquired skill.

    Protest Day Tidbits** 2006

  • So one of the things that we have to keep in mind is that right now, methamphetamine is kind of overshadowing cocaine as a media phenomenon.

    CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005 2005

  • KURTZ: Terry Neal, is this affirmative action debate, legitimate or not, kind of overshadowing the possible negligence by "Times" editors?

    CNN Transcript May 18, 2003 2003

  • Michael Jackson's death, however tragic ... is now overshadowing a lot of very important issues right now.

    Obama sends condolences to Jackson's family, says Gibbs 2009

  • Public perception of Muslims and Islam is distorted by the media's disproportionate emphasis on the acts of a dangerous and deadly fraction of Muslims overshadowing the vast majority of mainstream Muslims.

    John L. Esposito: Bigotry and Islam: Bill O'Reilly's at It Again John L. Esposito 2010

  • Public perception of Muslims and Islam is distorted by the media's disproportionate emphasis on the acts of a dangerous and deadly fraction of Muslims overshadowing the vast majority of mainstream Muslims.

    John L. Esposito: Bigotry and Islam: Bill O'Reilly's at It Again John L. Esposito 2010

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