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[spot-lahyt] / ˈspɒtˌlaɪt /




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The exes settled that case with prejudice last year but it returned to a legal spotlight in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The tariffs face a court challenge, but the spotlight isn’t going away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Major Canadian producers are locking up contiguous, long-life oil assets in the region as energy falls under the global spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

While a generation of players build personal brands and chase clicks, the Barcelona and Spain midfielder stays away from social media and avoids the spotlight, talking about tactics the way other players talk about cars.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

There was a pause, and then the spotlight blasted back onto his face.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

But if the building appears to predict a series of high-tech galleries, tricked out with holograms, audio spotlights or mixed reality rooms, the Lucas museum is surprisingly old-school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Gap’s fall denim push spotlights rising stars Inde Navarrette, who gives a breakout performance in “Obsession,” and musician Malcolm Todd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The population of the 27-nation European Union will peak in 2029 before falling in the coming decades, according to a report published Tuesday that spotlights the major challenges the bloc faces from an ageing population.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Gathering over 300 works, an expansive exhibition at the Grand Palais spotlights the artist’s creatively fertile final years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The vault is a wide, dark space with little spotlights shining down on long rows of pedestals.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Home Depot and other big retailers’ earnings have long been spotlighted as an indicator of the current health of the U.S. consumer — especially as borrowing costs have hit multiyear highs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

However, the stock has been on a year-long rally, fanned recently by the Middle East conflict which has spotlighted the importance of local fuel storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The bolero genre’s popularity and cultural significance has been spotlighted outside of L.A. in recent years as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

"So it's amazing when you can get spotlighted in that way and you're still breaking through but you're around these huge heritage names," Maisie says.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

I brought the newspaper close up to my eyes to get a better view of George Pollucci's face, spotlighted lie a three-quarter moon against a vague background of brick and black sky.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Then Cruise appeared, spotlit atop the stadium’s curved roofline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

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

One species in particular gets spotlit in the new report: beavers.

From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021

The show is titled “The Journey Home,” and it is not small: more than two dozen paintings, works on paper and overpainted photographs, installed across two floors, melodramatically spotlit.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

It was also being spotlit by 1441 L St. I stood in the iridescent shaft and delighted in the shadow I cast.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2019

Some companies are meanwhile spotlighting their U.S.-based operations and manufacturing facilities in their marketing strategies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Family was a major theme of the night, with numerous stars spotlighting their talented progeny, as was the importance of soulful artistry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Typically, the messaging about the sporting event spotlighting the country’s greatness comes from the top down.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

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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