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limelight

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There are those who come to the city in search of the limelight and affluence.

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She clearly thrives in the limelight and embraces the glamour that comes with being her country's most celebrated foody.

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Lulu's chart career waned in the 1980s, but she was never far from the limelight.

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Leaving the limelight, getting broken and finding new love — and then almost losing her voice — Sarah McLachlan found new depths and heights in her priceless voice.

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Redford often shunned the Hollywood limelight, preferring to plough his own furrow.

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