shadowy
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Instead, she has to take a shadowy job as an “independent contractor.”
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Information Minister Zhemu Soda said the Zimbabweans had been lured by shadowy agencies promising lucrative jobs abroad using "social media platforms as their primary hunting ground".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
An extremely shadowy figure, Ghaani became commander of the force responsible for the external operations of the Revolutionary Guards after the killing of Qassem Soleimani in a US strike in Iraq in 2020.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military leader since the 1979 revolution and the architect of its shadowy expeditions around the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
It wasn’t fair that she couldn’t see Mom’s face in the shadowy darkness.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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