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Quraishi was one of the most respected of Baghdadis lieutenants. He continues to carry that respect, but he, of course, does not carry as much weight as Baghdadi, who founded the group and led its sweep throughout the Middle East, sparking the creation of ISIS provinces around the world and a propaganda machine that reaches as far as the shores of Australia and the cities of the United States, while Quraishi is viewed as a more than capable replacement, he is unlikely to overshadow Baghdadis legacy. – David Ibsen	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Some tried to use it as an excuse to overshadow the martyrdom of our great commander Soleimani. – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
People are still concerned with day to day issues, such as the economy and unemployment, issues that overshadow migration. – James Dennison	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
But there are a couple of things that really threaten to overshadow it. One is Iran, and there really is some lingering resentment among European allies that The President pulled out of the Iran deal and created the underlying tensions. – Xi Jinping	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The veteran, who served two tours in Afghanistan, has been running 15 miles almost every single day, regardless of the weather. Though he usually makes his daily runs in Kansas City, he has also carried out his patriotic runs in Washington, D.C. three times. Timms said he hopes his display of patriotism will overshadow the negativity from other American citizens. I'm countering voices of negativity and defeatism in our country with a more uplifting, proud, and powerful gesture of patriotism, because those negative voices don't speak for all of America, he said. He added: When people see me running across the landscape with the American flag, perhaps it will cause them to pause for a moment and consider the meaning, value and importance of that flag and our country represents. – Elliot Timms	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It will not be a surprise if Korea emerges as the single most important topic at the Shangri-La Dialogue, but it will not overshadow other very important crises in the region. – Tim Huxley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
But it will not overshadow other very important crises in the region. – Tim Huxley	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That's what matters in posterity. The issue of the moment, the tweet of the moment, pales in comparison to the big policy changes that I really believe are going to make a big difference in people's lives, are going to move us in the right direction, those things completely overshadow the frustrations of the day or of the moment. – Paul Ryan	Found on CNN 6 years ago
… I am not on Twitter anymore and actually it was my children who took my Twitter password away from me, i did not want it to overshadow the show. So I am taking a bit of a break. – Roseanne Barr	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We've always thought as the 100th running here as an opportunity to continue to build the whole of the series, we still have work to do. We don't want to overshadow the other races on the series we want to help profile. – Mark Miles	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It should have been 8% [on the 10-year], but technicals and demand will probably overshadow fundamentals. – Sean Newman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The fall in U.S. shale production, particularly in Texas and North Dakota, will continue to overshadow the growth in the Gulf as shale production continues to fall at a steeper and steeper pace in the months to come. – Michael Tran	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At the same time, we should not allow these things to completely overshadow what Burma has accomplished. It's come a long way in recent years. There are many positive things to be built upon as well. – Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Champagne offers a bit of complexity but not too much to overshadow a meal so it is easily paired alongside a variety of foods, from pastas, seafood and cheeses to eggs, popcorn and potato chips. – Cyril Brun	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Having a former president on the campaign trail, as far as I'm concerned, is a good thing, but it needs to be done carefully, i assume that the Clinton campaign is going to make sure that he doesn't overshadow her as he begins to ramp up his campaigning. – Jim Manley	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have always maintained that we have full confidence in the integrity of our bid, we cooperated fully and very transparently with( Michael Garcia) Michael Garcia but did it overshadow or stop our plans, it didn't. – Al Thawadi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Bottom line, the risk of inventory change will always overshadow the desire to store up. – Potash Corp	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The political expediency of a deal with Iran will overshadow U.S. aggressiveness on Syria ... There is a new-found understanding in Ankara about this. – Sinan Ulgen	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer. – Hubert Humphrey	added by anonymous 10 years ago

Quraishi was one of the most respected of Baghdadis lieutenants. He continues to carry that respect, but he, of course, does not carry as much weight as Baghdadi, who founded the group and led its sweep throughout the Middle East, sparking the creation of ISIS provinces around the world and a propaganda machine that reaches as far as the shores of Australia and the cities of the United States, while Quraishi is viewed as a more than capable replacement, he is unlikely to overshadow Baghdadis legacy.

– David Ibsen

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Some tried to use it as an excuse to overshadow the martyrdom of our great commander Soleimani.

– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People are still concerned with day to day issues, such as the economy and unemployment, issues that overshadow migration.

– James Dennison

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

But there are a couple of things that really threaten to overshadow it. One is Iran, and there really is some lingering resentment among European allies that The President pulled out of the Iran deal and created the underlying tensions.

– Xi Jinping

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The veteran, who served two tours in Afghanistan, has been running 15 miles almost every single day, regardless of the weather. Though he usually makes his daily runs in Kansas City, he has also carried out his patriotic runs in Washington, D.C. three times. Timms said he hopes his display of patriotism will overshadow the negativity from other American citizens. I'm countering voices of negativity and defeatism in our country with a more uplifting, proud, and powerful gesture of patriotism, because those negative voices don't speak for all of America, he said. He added: When people see me running across the landscape with the American flag, perhaps it will cause them to pause for a moment and consider the meaning, value and importance of that flag and our country represents.

– Elliot Timms

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It will not be a surprise if Korea emerges as the single most important topic at the Shangri-La Dialogue, but it will not overshadow other very important crises in the region.

– Tim Huxley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

But it will not overshadow other very important crises in the region.

– Tim Huxley

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That's what matters in posterity. The issue of the moment, the tweet of the moment, pales in comparison to the big policy changes that I really believe are going to make a big difference in people's lives, are going to move us in the right direction, those things completely overshadow the frustrations of the day or of the moment.

– Paul Ryan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

… I am not on Twitter anymore and actually it was my children who took my Twitter password away from me, i did not want it to overshadow the show. So I am taking a bit of a break.

– Roseanne Barr

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We've always thought as the 100th running here as an opportunity to continue to build the whole of the series, we still have work to do. We don't want to overshadow the other races on the series we want to help profile.

– Mark Miles

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It should have been 8% [on the 10-year], but technicals and demand will probably overshadow fundamentals.

– Sean Newman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The fall in U.S. shale production, particularly in Texas and North Dakota, will continue to overshadow the growth in the Gulf as shale production continues to fall at a steeper and steeper pace in the months to come.

– Michael Tran

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At the same time, we should not allow these things to completely overshadow what Burma has accomplished. It's come a long way in recent years. There are many positive things to be built upon as well.

– Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Champagne offers a bit of complexity but not too much to overshadow a meal so it is easily paired alongside a variety of foods, from pastas, seafood and cheeses to eggs, popcorn and potato chips.

– Cyril Brun

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Having a former president on the campaign trail, as far as I'm concerned, is a good thing, but it needs to be done carefully, i assume that the Clinton campaign is going to make sure that he doesn't overshadow her as he begins to ramp up his campaigning.

– Jim Manley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have always maintained that we have full confidence in the integrity of our bid, we cooperated fully and very transparently with( Michael Garcia) Michael Garcia but did it overshadow or stop our plans, it didn't.

– Al Thawadi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Bottom line, the risk of inventory change will always overshadow the desire to store up.

– Potash Corp

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The political expediency of a deal with Iran will overshadow U.S. aggressiveness on Syria ... There is a new-found understanding in Ankara about this.

– Sinan Ulgen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.

– Hubert Humphrey

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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