Sentence examples for Spotlight an issue from inspiring English sources

Whether it's a film called Virunga investigating the alleged wrongdoing of a British oil and gas exploration company in Africa's oldest national park or the movie Silenced, which provides a defense of whistleblowers, this year's Tribeca Film Festival has a strong lineup of activist documentaries, films trying to spotlight an issue, influence people and have an impact on public policy.

Yet even in that context, she faces an uphill challenge to spotlight an issue that she says many would rather ignore.

The judge's proposal spotlights an issue that state lawmakers and judicial officials have long pledged to tackle.

Ms. Gillibrand's outspoken support of higher financing has won her plaudits from child hunger and anti-obesity activists, who said she has spotlighted an issue that is likely to be overlooked in an era of falling revenues and budget cuts.

But it also spotlights an issue that is likely to resurface throughout the campaign.

The crisis has turned a spotlight on an issue too often ignored in Canada.

Ms Pao's case has put a spotlight on an issue hitherto confined to the shadows of the tech business.

"It returns the spotlight to an issue that really has faded," said Matt Bennett, a senior vice president at Third Way, a research group that pursues centrist policies.

"It's one thing to put a spotlight on an issue, it's another to get into the inner workings of creating public policy," he said.

They hope that attention to the difficulty they initially faced will help shine a spotlight on an issue that has dogged state legislatures for years.

This string of tragic events has seen media and government turn the spotlight on an issue too often ignored in Canada.