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or kleig light
: a carbon arc lamp used especially in making motion pictures
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Dayton Avenue was still closed for a block a couple of days after the election and the security staff on duty had yet to pack up and fold their klieg lights and break down their Checkpoint Charlie huts and move all the vehicles.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Most makers who identified with the independent label toiled in the shadows, far from the klieg lights that shone on their name-brand competitors.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
But away from the klieg lights, a different side of Elizabeth Taylor — witty, wounded, desperate to prove herself — was shared with the tight circle of confidants who surrounded her during her tumultuous life.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
Spectacle, the klieg light of the powerful since before even the ancient Olympics, is still more than capable of blinding us to the dark.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Most makers who identified with the independent label toiled in the shadows, far from the klieg lights that shone on their name-brand competitors.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
But away from the klieg lights, a different side of Elizabeth Taylor — witty, wounded, desperate to prove herself — was shared with the tight circle of confidants who surrounded her during her tumultuous life.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
Spectacle, the klieg light of the powerful since before even the ancient Olympics, is still more than capable of blinding us to the dark.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
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“Klieg light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klieg%20light. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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