in the shadow of
idiom
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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Zoom in: The tensest moment came when U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) pressed Wright on his prior comments about wildfires and climate change in the shadow of the deadly fires in southern California.
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
He was taken from the airport to the crew’s house in Kissimmee, a swampy city in the shadow of Disney World, to throw down his bags.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
In the middle of this journey, as the ferry juts north, there is a different view of Everton’s new stadium, positioned between a scrapyard and a wind farm, both of which are in the shadow of a brooding tobacco warehouse that is the biggest brick building in the world.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Broadcom has been in the shadow of semiconductor giant and artificial intelligence darling Nvidia this year, but December has been kind to the smaller chip company.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
He was taken from the airport to the crew’s house in Kissimmee, a swampy city in the shadow of Disney World, to throw down his bags.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
In the middle of this journey, as the ferry juts north, there is a different view of Everton’s new stadium, positioned between a scrapyard and a wind farm, both of which are in the shadow of a brooding tobacco warehouse that is the biggest brick building in the world.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Broadcom has been in the shadow of semiconductor giant and artificial intelligence darling Nvidia this year, but December has been kind to the smaller chip company.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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