floodlight
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Janke, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Phoenix division, said that there were details about an Apple Watch and a floodlight, but declined to go into specifics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
The task has been compared to photographing a thin cloud of cigarette smoke beside a blinding stadium floodlight from several kilometers away.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
While climbing, he touched a floodlight which delivered the shock, an inquest previously heard.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
“As part of these efforts, the earlier kickoff time will enable the club to discern whether significant savings can be made on floodlight usage and other energy costs.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The court was lit by a single floodlight.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
Under a dark sky and with the floodlights on, England would probably have wanted to bowl before the day was out, only for the light to end proceedings.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The birds, in turn, are accustomed to floodlights for the "penguin parade" tourist attraction, as well as being periodically handled by veterinarian scientists for monitoring of their health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
That night floodlights illuminated Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament for the first time since 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The location allows him to train safely under the floodlights of the track at night, alongside other Muslims currently observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by not eating or drinking during daylight hours.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
There was only the face of the guard, his M-16 by his side, the floodlights coming from every angle, illuminating the faces of Zeitoun’s fellow prisoners, all drawn, exhausted, half-mad with fatigue and confusion.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
In the floodlighted group around the speakers' platform, an aisle opened and the crowd saw Presidential Nominee Dwight Eisenhower, square-shouldered, striding briskly.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thin-lipped, haughty Prussian aristocrat stalked into the floodlighted room, slapped his marshal's baton down on the table and stared straight ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
On winter nights its 105-ft.-tall crown framed the floodlighted White House portico, its graceful branches seeming to cradle the mansion.
From Time Magazine Archive
At dusk 100 bagpipers marched from the hills toward a 13-ft. by 20-ft. replica of a Scottish castle floodlighted and surrounded by artificial fog -- and that was just the dinner announcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
I regret, nonetheless, that we have not always similarly crystallized and floodlighted the discovery and creative possibilities in our communities.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
But in a competition littered with crashes, Choi produced a stunning performance under intense pressure as the snow swirled down on the floodlit venue.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Murase, 21, led the 12-strong field after the first run at the floodlit Livigno Snow Park, with a score of 89.75.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The lights have been coming on at 17:30 local time each day, meaning more of the Test will be floodlit than not.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
The teams are out at a floodlit Firhill, let's get cracking.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
“Oh, don’t swear oaths you can’t keep!” whispered Basta as he pushed the door open and led her out into the brightly floodlit square.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
But more than 25 years later two brothers, William and Hugh MacDonald, paid for floodlighting to be installed for a second time at the Telford Street ground.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2023
Measures range from tweaking office temperature levels and reducing night-time floodlighting of public buildings to telling people to take shorter and colder showers, or forego neckties to stay cooler.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
British Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visited the tunnel Thursday and announced plans for a “substantial” increase in security guards, higher fences, surveillance cameras, floodlighting and infrared detection technology.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
Developers across the country have responded to the drop in prices by abandoning the longstanding practice of floodlighting construction sites and working around the clock.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2012
Finishing touches installation stained glass windows drum octagon removal scaffolding exterior interior edifice interior calcimining dome drum octagon tuckpointing cleaning floodlighting entire structure completed synchronizing closing weeks glorious twelvemonth annals Holy Faith.
From Dawn of a New Day by Shoghi Effendi
