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HTML

<div class = "spotlight">
  <div class = "container spotlight__main">
    <h2><span class  ="background__red">In the spotlight</span>    </h2>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.background__red{
   background-color: red;
   padding: 8px 35px;
   margin-left: 2rem;
   color: white;
}

.spotlight{ 
background-color: lightgrey;
}

.spotlight__main {
  border: 1px solid black;
}

.container {
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  vertical-align: center;
}

h2 > span {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

h2 > span:before,
h2 > span:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  border-bottom: 1px dashed;
  width: 96rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  vertical-align: center;
}

h2 > span:before {
  right: 100%;
}

h2 > span:after {
  left: 100%;
}