Limelight

Limelight was an early type of lighting used to illuminate a stage. The light was created by using a flame to heat a cylinder of lime to incandescence, and then intensifying the light with a lens. These days, we use the word metaphorically to mean the center of attention.

Example (as used by Robert Ringer today): “Where would Oliver North and Mark Fuhrman be today had they not been thrust into the limelight through accidents of history?”

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