to shine a light on
in the shadow of
to elucidate
in the light of
to shed (new) light on smth
to highlight
to remain in the dark
glaring
to illuminate
to show more clearly something that is hard to understand
bad and being too obvious
to emphasize something important
because of (e.g. recent studies)
to focus on
in the situation where something bad has happened or is happening
to provide a clearer explanation for smth
to continue in a state of not knowing something
to explain and make clearer (from the Latin "lucid" meaning "light")