Collocations for spotlight - noun

shine
They shone the spotlight on a woman at the back of the audience.

step into
He stepped into the spotlight to the wild applause of the crowd.

be on sb/sth, fall on sb/sth, shine on sb/sth

in the spotlight, under the spotlight
It was hot under the spotlights.

harsh
After the defeat, he tried to avoid the harsh spotlight of the media.

international, national, public
media, political

come into, come under (both esp. BrE)
This issue will come under the spotlight at tomorrow's meeting.

be thrust into, step into, take
She was suddenly thrust into the political spotlight.

bring sth into
focus, put, shine, throw, turn
These revelations threw a spotlight on the shakiness of the economy.

keep
He will want to keep the spotlight on the divisions within the party.

share
The captain had to share the spotlight with the new young star.

grab, hog, steal
He accused her of hogging the spotlight.

shun, shy away from
The President has never been one to shun the spotlight.

be on sb/sth, fall on sb/sth, shine on sb/sth, turn on sb/sth

away from the spotlight
in the spotlight, under the spotlight
The quality of our food is back in the spotlight.

out of the spotlight
The affair is now out of the spotlight.