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• n  one celestial body obscures another
• v  be greater in significance than
• v  cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
  The Sun eclipses the moon today

• A comparable eclipse will not occur again until the year 2150.
• To many astronomers, the most precious moments in the stream of time are the fleeting minutes and seconds of a total solar eclipse, during which they must make their photographs .
• Hundreds of millions of people flocked outdoors on July 22 to watch the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, a 6-min.

• occultation
• overshadow
• dominate
• occult

News & Articles

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• Eclipse-winning jockey Dominguez retires
  Ramon Dominguez, winner of the last three Eclipse Awards for outstanding jockey, announced Thursday was retiring from riding because of injuries he sustained during a spill at Aqueduct in January.
  June 13, 2013 - Lexington Herald-Leader
• The Lunar Eclipse as You've Never Seen It Before
  In most pictures of a lunar eclipse, the face of the moon you see is a black sphere, as in the image above. With the sun directly on the other side of the moon from us, the side we see is entirely in the ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance
• The Solar Eclipse as You've Never Seen It Before
  In most pictures of a solar eclipse, the face of the moon you see is a black sphere, as in the image above. With the sun directly on the other side of the moon from us, the side we see is entirely in the ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Arlen Specter in FOXNews
  An illness like Hodgkin's serves as a reminder that we have a limited time _ and how our time can end when we least expect it,Specter wrote. "Moreover, the event of death could never eclipse what is most important, which is how we spend...
• Stephenie Meyer in MTV.com
  I am thrilled that David Slade will be directing 'Eclipse,' Twilightauthor Stephenie Meyer said in a statement announcing the director's appointment. "He's a visionary filmmaker who has so much to offer this franchise. From the beginning,...
• Bryce Dallas Howard in WGAL Lancaster
  Before the end of 'Eclipse,' you really don't get to hear Victoria's voice. When she does speak, it's really surprising to Bella because it's a high, child-like voice,Howard explained. "So having read the book, I wanted to do that, but at...