the bright lights
Example Sentences
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What Bondi did this week under the bright lights of the U.S.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
The city sparkled below like a spread of jewels, but now I had an idea what was hidden among the bright lights.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Having made the journey from Blacko in Lancashire to the bright lights of Brisbane, England's Herbie Farnworth has emerged as an NRL star in Australia.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Recent news reports have given Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plenty of reason to sweat under the bright lights, but he still doesn't want people to know where he fixes his makeup.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025
I don’t know how it got there, but I was inside of it, the sirens blaring, my uncle’s ragged voice, the bright lights and someone else—a paramedic maybe—moving around us.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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