klieg light

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So I admit that it feels like grandstanding to shine a klieg light on one particular piece of news as it breaks.

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  1. noun A powerful carbon-arc lamp producing an intense light and used especially in making movies.

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  • In jest, she dedicated the slab to Sid and signed her name and— kazam!— a klieg light erupted over Grauman's head. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • Reliable sources testify that the blindfolded star was something of a menace on the set, eventually taking out two stuntpersons and a $500 klieg light with her flailing cane. —  The Warslayer
  • So I admit that it feels like grandstanding to shine a klieg light on one particular piece of news as it breaks. —  The Genius in All of Us
  • The issue is tremendously divisive and will blast a klieg light on Obama's essential fascist soul. —  Latest Articles
  • Taken together, they cast a klieg light on the humbling question of whether anyone's union ever is safe from harm. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
 

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  1. After John H. Kliegl (1869-1959) and his brother Anton Tiberius Kliegl (1872-1927), German-born American lighting experts.

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/ (klēg)/
ahd pronounces "klieg light"
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