searchlight
Example Sentences
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For months, they’ve been signaling as if with a searchlight how much they covet the 6-foot-11 Greek forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
At night, crews trained a searchlight across dark waters infested with so-called growlers—low-floating chunks of ice the size of trucks that can puncture ships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The methods used by exasperated zoo-keepers included trying to dazzle the bird with a fire brigade searchlight before nabbing him when he was distracted.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024
We reached it shortly before sunset, just as planned, and John turned on our searchlight.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
