spotlight
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Tucker’s four-year contract, lucrative as it is, was not accompanied by a withering spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The sale marks the end of a turbulent chapter for the estate, which was thrust into the spotlight in March 2024 when Homeland Security agents raided the property as part of their investigation into Combs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Bieber also returned to the spotlight earlier this year, with his biggest live performance in four years at the Coachella music festival after cancelling his Justice world tour because of health issues.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He stayed out of the spotlight as Thiel and others assumed public roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mama and Papa had sat her and Brigit down after the news broke, explaining how the breach of the prison had put a spotlight on the Conjure community.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Swaying spotlights atop the massive stage swayed back in forth like searchlights in a storm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
The Daily Star spotlights England fans who will be waking up with the "ultimate hangover today" after the World Cup match against Mexico, which is due to kick-off in the early hours of Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
He also co-founded an Orlando 7-on-7 organization, a low-contact version of football that spotlights top position players, such as quarterbacks and receivers, and has become integral to college recruiting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
On a single stock basis, the JPM report spotlights the top ten names with increased allocations in the last quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
If I can fling it and loop it around one of the spotlights along the bridge, I can pull myself up fast enough to get there first.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
None have been retracted, although Nature Medicine last week retracted a separate paper about cancer treatment led by Chinese researchers that Geng hadn’t spotlighted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The justice did more than accuse her colleagues of misapplying the law; she also spotlighted their refusal to defend their actions, suggesting that they stayed silent because they had no defense.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
The exhibition also spotlighted India's diverse range of high-quality hardwoods such as teak, rosewood and ebony, and the country's deeply-rooted traditions of intricate handcrafting by local artisans.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Super Bowl LX was overrun with advertisements from many AI majors, including OpenAI, which promoted its coding platform Codex, and Google’s Gemini, which spotlighted its photo-generation capabilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
One eye on the binnacle, the other on the spotlighted water before his bow, Kabuo inched forward on blind faith.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
That was the earliest memory I have of actually seeing a Deaf person being kind of spotlit, in any way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
Summer, 1954 With her paper-cluttered desk spotlit underneath a pendant lamp, Margaret Mead’s office in the western turret in the American Museum of Natural History resembled a Broadway theater set.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
The spine of the play is a spotlit monologue by Janina, who dips in and out of the action as it unfolds around her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
One species in particular gets spotlit in the new report: beavers.
From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021
The jaunty, loose phrasing of the songs allowed space for electrifying dance solos, always in observance of good jazz etiquette, with the ensemble growing quiet while the spotlit artist tore up the floor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2021
ESA's Mars Express mission is spotlighting Shalbatana Vallis this month, an enormous Martian valley marked by evidence of ancient water, volcanic activity, impact craters, and collapsed terrain.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
Early programming reflected that, spotlighting smaller stories from flyover America that would have otherwise gone uncovered by larger media outlets.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
The film, with Farhan Akhtar as Major Shaitan Singh, failed at the box office but succeeded in spotlighting a battle often described as the only silver lining in a war India lost.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Fox is spotlighting the series with a two-night premiere; the first episode airs following the NFC Championship game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
But the Inspectors’ cars were forever snooping and spotlighting those dark streets, taking from poor men their one privacy, the night.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Theater - Introductory
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