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It was a light-bulb moment in the middle of the night.

Each had a light-bulb moment when they realized the Senate needed to change.

"The light-bulb moment came after I had the baby," she said.

But Gray says the exchange was a light-bulb moment.

He could, however, hope for more "light-bulb moments" from employers.

The directors of Genzyme appear to have had their light-bulb moment.

Dundee were short of ideas, and when they did have a light-bulb moment, it quickly faded.

But then Jeremy comes, speaks, and it's like a light-bulb moment- suddenly all of our members are demanding world peace.

"There was never a light-bulb moment but a gradual realization based on the evidence," Emanuel said.

The light-bulb moment comes when the waiter sees us staring longingly at the next table.

His light-bulb moment comes one evening when he successfully introduces a group of pretty girls to a senior trader.

"That's true," she says excitedly, in what feels like a light-bulb moment.

"It was a light-bulb moment," remembers Bonyhady, who had worked in financial services and insurance for two decades.

Haditha provided a light-bulb moment for insurgents as well.

The light-bulb moment came in at a local pharmacy, looking at the pharmacy's blood pressure machine.

It was a light-bulb moment for me.

'Light-bulb moment' is now really in the dictionary.

There's a light-bulb moment on the Isle of Wight and there has been one for the last 70 years.

For Steve, it was a light-bulb moment.

“But really the light-bulb moment for me came when I realised I didn’t have to do things perfectly.

And, in a light-bulb moment, horrified realisation dawned.

But she added that no one should expect it to produce a "light-bulb moment … or a clear guide path for a sustainable process of dialogue."

"There were some tremendous light-bulb moments," Lambert said.

Then came the light-bulb moment.

Christopher Chyba, an astrophysicist and a 2001 fellow, recalled a light-bulb moment that came some years ago while he was taking a walk.