limelight
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Mostly they knowingly forfeit the cash to have their 15 minutes in the limelight, sending up the pageantry of British politics.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
He’s been down in the basement doing press calls like this, he explains, undoubtedly a familiar routine after so many years in the limelight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
For much of an international career that began a decade ago at the age of 19, Oyarzabal has not enjoyed much of the limelight.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He still wants to be the king, and of course he loves the limelight.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
I felt thrown under a limelight, reduced to a role I had never wanted but that I had been born to play.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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