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cast a pall over

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cast a pall over something
to spoil something. Her illness cast a pall over the awards ceremony.
Etymology: from the literal meaning of a pall (= something, such as smoke or fog or dust in the air, that makes the sky dark)
See also: cast, over, pall
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Still, both developments cast a pall over the potential future of these monopoly wheat sellers.
Not a good week for monopoly wheat sellers by Pro Farmer
``It seems like the war in Iraq has just cast a pall over everything.
MCKEON POINTS OUT GOOD NEWS BEFORE ELECTION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Bujones' story mingled the good luck that jump-started his career with the ill fortune that cast a pall over his later years as a dancer, leaving unfinished the final chapters of his career as a company director and choreographer.
Attitudes by Barnes, Clive / Dance Magazine
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