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- reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight
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“Spotlight.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotlight. Accessed 18 January 2020.
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The first known use of spotlight was in 1904
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