searchlight

The task is a bit like discerning a field of fireflies around a central, massive searchlight.

They inched along, careful to avoid the beams from the guards' searchlights.

They moved like a desperate parade — carrying lunch bags and borrowed tools — into the glare of searchlights, guard dogs and barricades.

Using sound like a searchlight, they patrol the chilly depths.

But I had to tell the truth about it—Uncle Edisto always said, “The truth shines like a searchlight in the midst of the fog.”