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- noun Plural form of
shadow . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shadow .
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Examples
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Lurking in the shadows is a more sobering statistic: Not much more than half of college students -- some 57 percent -- earn a bachelor's degree in six years.
Jane Wales: Race to the Finish: Dropping in on College Dropouts Jane Wales 2010
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Lurking in the shadows is a more sobering statistic: Not much more than half of college students -- some 57 percent -- earn a bachelor's degree in six years.
Jane Wales: Race to the Finish: Dropping in on College Dropouts Jane Wales 2010
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And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his familys quirky newspaper.
The Imperfectionists: Summary and book reviews of The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. 2010
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However, watching from the shadows is the current Erebus who has plans to corrupt Paladin and make him his heir to the mantle of Erebus …
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Eren’s Review Forum 2009
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Lurking in the shadows is a more sobering statistic: Not much more than half of college students -- some 57 percent -- earn a bachelor's degree in six years.
Jane Wales: Race to the Finish: Dropping in on College Dropouts Jane Wales 2010
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Lurking in the shadows is a more sobering statistic: Not much more than half of college students -- some 57 percent -- earn a bachelor's degree in six years.
Jane Wales: Race to the Finish: Dropping in on College Dropouts Jane Wales 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI in his New Year's homily Sunday praised young people as key to securing a future of hope despite what he called "shadows on the horizon of today's world."
What's News— 2012
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And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper.
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The ladies look great, I think Scarlett's walk up to Spirit out from the shadows is amazing, but I doubt they can save this movie.
Must Watch: Frank Miller's The Spirit Back in Action « FirstShowing.net 2008
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But about the introduced guests (which we call shadows) who are not invited by the entertainer, but by some others of the guests, a question was started, from whom that custom began.
Symposiacs 2004
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