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footlights

/ ˈfʊtˌlaɪts /

plural noun

  1. lights set in a row along the front of the stage floor and shielded on the audience side

  2. informal,  the acting profession; the stage

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A wispy song called “Time” wafted over the footlights: “Time time time time/It was never mine mine mine.”

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He is the Los Angeles Chargers, playing in the footlights of Hollywood on a roster that’s dwindled to just two holdovers from the San Diego days.

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They performed original plays and music with bonfire footlights.

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“It’s like waves of love coming over the footlights.”

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This approach really spoke to Sink, a former theater kid who would like to return to the footlights soon.

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