cast a pall on/over
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: to give (something) an unhappy mood
Their argument cast a pall on the party.
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The report and the subsequent reorganization cast a pall on the show, evaporating its famous party atmosphere.
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That monologue really did cast a pall over the entire episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
The spat culminated in March in new EU sanctions on China, which cast a pall over an investment treaty that Brussels and Beijing had agreed to in principle in December 2020.
—Sam Geall, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2021
Although the monologue cast a pall over the rest of the show, the sketches that followed made for a loose, rip-roaring episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
That monologue really did cast a pall over the entire episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
The spat culminated in March in new EU sanctions on China, which cast a pall over an investment treaty that Brussels and Beijing had agreed to in principle in December 2020.
—Sam Geall, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2021
Although the monologue cast a pall over the rest of the show, the sketches that followed made for a loose, rip-roaring episode.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Cast a pall on/over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20a%20pall%20on%2Fover. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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