spotlight

“We didn’t want to put a spotlight on him.”

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Standing at the center of the home court under a spotlight, Doncic welcomed Laker Nation to a new season, one he promised would be special.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Clamour for the spotlight only increased as the red-carpet ceremony neared.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Reams of magazine profiles spotlight everyday people choosing to share their lives with an AI boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Barack had to make a difficult call, phoning the pastor and asking whether he'd be willing to step back from the spotlight, giving us a private backstage blessing instead.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The space galleries capture more of the shuttle exhibit’s sense of otherworldly drama: dark, amorphous, windowless spaces with graphics of glittering stars and planets on the walls and spotlights lending pop to each surreal artifact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

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From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

That the case spotlights this kind of story at all is important in its own right.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The paper also spotlights the Chief Rabbi's words, who called it "truly a dark day for British Jews".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

I walked into the room, which had been converted from an office space into a fabulous nightclub for the evening, with pink spotlights, zebra-print sofas, palm trees, cocktails, and a delicious Indian buffet.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

CoinEx said it was ceasing operations less than three months after a Wall Street Journal article spotlighted its use in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

Among the countries spotlighted are Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Portugal, Colombia, Croatia, El Salvador, France and Japan — though she is planning to add African countries to the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Zuckerberg spotlighted a new Muse Spark AI model built by Meta's nascent "Superintelligence Lab", saying its technology will be put to work in Meta's offerings such as smartglasses and its advertising system.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

It was sponsored by a Norwegian reporter, Mrs. Jorumn Rickets, who had set it up with Ernie, Minnijean, and me, and the group spotlighted as staunch troublemakers: Sammy Dean Parker, Kaye Bacon, and their crowd.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

Behind its chain-link fence, I can see the headquarters of the company that contracts with the county to maintain the roads, its darkened windows, the American flag on the flagpole spotlit, dangling.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2023

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

From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021

The jaunty, loose phrasing of the songs allowed space for electrifying dance solos, always in observance of good jazz etiquette, with the ensemble growing quiet while the spotlit artist tore up the floor.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2021

Raphael’s chapel at Santa Maria del Popolo, Caravaggio’s spotlit “Calling of St. Matthew” in San Luigi dei Francesi, the late-medieval mosaics of Santa Maria in Trastevere: all mine.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

“As U.N. secretary-general, if I were successful, my priority would be to continue spotlighting the desperate humanitarian situation in Sudan,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The agency reported that the violations included unlawful take of female deer, taking deer without licenses or tags, possession of untagged meat, possession of loaded firearms in a vehicle, illegal method of take and spotlighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"Red card for Infantino" writes the Daily Mirror, spotlighting the man at the centre of the maelstrom: Fifa boss Gianni Infantino.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Aim lower,” said Grace, spotlighting the pair of tunnels with her dusty beam.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein