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Common collocations with the limelight in American Collocation

the limelight noun singular

US /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/

international
media
political
public

The former council leader was propelled back into the political limelight last night.

try to have all the limelight

grab
hog
steal

Jim Carrey has a tendency to steal the limelight, which we can see on the DVD extras.

like the limelight

bask in
enjoy
love

She is someone who enjoys the limelight.

want or try to have the limelight

seek
want

A woman of humility and modesty, Paula never sought the limelight.

avoid the limelight

avoid
shun

Leroy Burgess is an unusual artist in as much as he shuns the limelight.

share the limelight

share

For once, however, he will have to share the limelight.

have the limelight

be in

Apparently, she wanted to be in the limelight for once in her life.

not have the limelight

be out of

From then on, Byron was never out of the limelight.

start to have the limelight

come into
step into

A new generation of young Arab women writers are stepping into the limelight.

be forced to have the limelight

be propelled into
be thrown into
be thrust into

It has also been a time when Africa has been thrust into the limelight.