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headlight

[hed-lahyt] / ˈhɛdˌlaɪt /


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A video from OnScene.TV showed officers standing around a black Cadillac sedan with its front passenger headlight and fender destroyed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

Tucker’s other innovations included a padded dashboard for safety, four-wheel independent suspension and a cyclops-like center headlight that rotated with the steering wheel to improve visibility around corners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

The BBC revealed in October that further research into headlight glare would be included in the strategy.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

Early this year, Rivian recalled 17,260 vehicles in the U.S. over a headlight issue that could reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

If you know how much light the headlight puts out—if the headlight is a standard candle—you can tell how bright the headlight will appear at any given distance.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

As Celtic unloaded on Hearts at Celtic Park it was football's equivalent of Thunder's devastation; speed and accuracy and ruthlessness in the face of a challenger akin to a rabbit caught in the headlights.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

KFI asked listeners to turn on their car headlights that day in tribute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Hundreds spent the night in shelters in Chiba, NHK reported, showing cars in water up to the headlights in Kashiwa city.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Tesla’s cameras can see jaywalkers before I do, oncoming headlights don’t blind it, and the car reacts faster than I can.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

All we can really see are the ribbed walls around us, flaking with dried moss, and the tunnel ahead lit by our headlights.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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