Sentence examples for spotlight event from inspiring English sources

Soccer gold may be the most coveted prize for Brazil at the Rio Games, but it is only one of 28 sports, and it is not the spotlight event that it is at the World Cup.

If the fledgling designers invited to participate in a Generation Africa presentation — a spotlight event on the Pitti roster — were not quite prepared to contend on an equal basis with their North American and European competitors, their presence here alerted the assembled fashion news media to something global business has known for some time.

It is hard, too, to picture the N.B.A.'s spotlight event without O'Neal's breakdancing, rattling basket stanchions, crashing gratuitously into courtside seats, dribbling coast to coast as a 7-foot-1 point-center (complete with crossover dribble), posing for television cameras, handing out nicknames to players, clowning around on the bench and cracking up the news media horde.

On Thursdays and Sundays you'll find an entertainment calendar in the Post that spotlights events for the coming week, as well as reviews for past and current festivals, shows and activities.

UNRELATED INCIDENT Finally, there is always the possibility that something happens in October that has no particular relevance to the election, but steals the spotlight, an event on par with July's shooting in Aurora, Colo., or a natural disaster like the Japanese earthquake.

This discipline is not for the Faint Hearted but if you like speed and being in the spotlight, this event is for you.

The show is designed to be talked about and, in turn, spotlight the events and consequence of the 1994 genocide.

I wrote about Ryan partly as a way to shine a spotlight on events in Sudan, for the situation there is very fragile.

Now, one truly interesting character in the events that are unfolding is Katherine Harris, the Florida secretary of state, who has in dramatic fashion emerged from obscurity -- a bit player forced into a spotlight by events beyond her control.

With the spotlight on events in the Arab world, have people forgotten about the suffering of those living under Robert Mugabe's controversial rule in Zimbabwe?

While he was still mayor, Newsom was often in the spotlight (during events like TechCrunch Disrupt) championing startups like Twitter for bringing jobs and excitement to San Francisco.