spotlight

Example Sentences

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However, it also raises troubling questions for the booming high-altitude tourism industry, and shines a spotlight on the deadly risks Sherpas who work on Mount Everest face.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Riding a wave of hype and capital, quantum computing was thrust back into the spotlight last month as the U.S. government made a $2 billion bet on the technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

But a tiny number have chosen the spotlight.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

For years I had asked Usha to have another baby, and for years she had told me she was done—especially now that public service had elevated us into the national spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

That night, as I was lying on my bed reading Greek, I was startled by a flash of remembrance, almost as if a hidden spotlight had been trained without warning on my face.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt