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The phrase "a slight shadow over" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a minor negative influence or effect on a situation or feeling.
Example: "The recent controversy cast a slight shadow over the otherwise successful event."
Alternatives: "a minor cloud over" or "a small blemish on".
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Her first profession casts a slight shadow over her success.
If there was a slight shadow over him it was a right wrist injury he picked up during the Italian Open that forced him to miss the next Masters Series event in Hamburg.
However, these data cast a slight shadow over the Government's reliance on this temporal target.
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"Antique mirror almost looks as if you were in a slight shadow.
Nineteen films are in competition this year, at a festival taking place under a slight shadow of anxiety.
A color that is "wrong" often makes you look dull, drains your energy, can be repulsive to you or may even cast a slight shadow on your face.
Canberra is protected from the west by the Brindabellas which create a slight rain shadow in Canberra's valleys.
The slight shadow under the chin and beneath the lower lip, like faint bruises, exert an enormous pictorial pressure.
With a slight over-representation from Scandinavia.
There was also a slight over-representation of men.
That leaves even slight shadows grossly underlit, so your subject's face is just a murky outline.
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