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or kleig light
: a carbon arc lamp used especially in making motion pictures
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Fresh from the United States, they were shoved onto buses and hauled into the prison under blinding klieg lights.
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
But the young actor isn’t the star that lights up Gladiator II like a legion of klieg lights — that would be Denzel Washington.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
But the young actor isn’t the star that lights up Gladiator II like a legion of klieg lights — that would be Denzel Washington.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for klieg light
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“Klieg light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klieg%20light. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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