This is an example of simile, a literary technique that compares two things using "like" or "as." In this case, the searchlights are being compared to rulers in their movement across the dark sky.
The rise in unemployed is tapering off now the economy is doing better.
Tapering Fingers - 1919 was released on: USA: 15 February 1919
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An acumination is a sharpening, or a tapering point of an object.
Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew - 2008 Tapering Off was released on: USA: October 2012
The tapering foothills of the Appalachians are found in southern Illinois. The Appalachians extend into southeastern Canada and southwestward to Central Alabama.
The correct spelling is falciform (tapering to a point).
a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave,