The challenge is to pick out oil from other dark spots, such as shadows made by clouds or patches of seaweed.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"Trafficking thrives in the shadows. And it can be easy to dismiss it as something that happens to someone else, somewhere else.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"Our bill holds Wall Street accountable and mandates real transparency so that large banks can't gamble our money in the shadows of the financial system."

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

One of the American observers, former U.S.Senator Gary Hart, praises the millions of voters who defied what he calls " a small group of cowardly people in the shadows who hate democracy."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22