cast a (dark) cloud

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: to cause people to stop trusting something

The scandal cast a cloud over his presidency.

Several problems have cast a cloud on the program's future.

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But, for voters, inflation that’s raised the cost of everyday goods dramatically in the last four years has continued to cast a cloud over voter sentiment, along with the spiraling cost of housing and interest rates at a 23-year high. —

Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024 Years of deficit spending and a new Republican majority in the House cast a cloud of budget austerity over Congress. —

Kenneth Evans, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024 The ruling, sparked by a lawsuit led by environmental activist groups, has cast a cloud over one of the most critical pillars of America’s energy security. —

Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The revelation that he was found on March 10 to have taken clostebol cast a cloud on what should have been his coronation as one of the game's great young stars. —

David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cast a (dark) cloud

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