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Recent Examples of hot spot
Watch the video as CNBC’s Kate Rooney gets a behind-the-scenes look at Amazon’s cutting-edge drone operation and explores how Phoenix became a hot spot for tech.
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Kate Rooney,andrew Evers, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
The data indicates certain locations were violation hot spots, such as an address near the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Dearborn Street.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, Main Street has also proved a hot spot for films that want a little bit of in-your-face promotion by being seen up and down the hilly road.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
In many ways, this is old hat to the 65-year-old who’s been a pilot since 1983 and for the past 11 years has flown an air tanker into various hot spots around the country.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kate Rooney,andrew Evers, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
The data indicates certain locations were violation hot spots, such as an address near the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Dearborn Street.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
On the other hand, Main Street has also proved a hot spot for films that want a little bit of in-your-face promotion by being seen up and down the hilly road.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
In many ways, this is old hat to the 65-year-old who’s been a pilot since 1983 and for the past 11 years has flown an air tanker into various hot spots around the country.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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On Tuesday, a dozen children gathered on the playground and field at Barrington Recreation Center for basketball.—
Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The playground was funded by donations from the Nathan Chris Baker Foundation and the Vakil Family.—
Brian T. Krista,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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Old Trafford has been a happy hunting ground down the years for Manchester City great Vincent Kompany, and his Burnley team made the short journey looking to boost their faint hopes of English Premier League survival.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2024
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Over the past decade, France’s top tier has been a happy hunting ground for Premier League scouts, with English clubs spending £1.81billion ($2.34bn) on Ligue 1 players, more than in any other nation.—
Richard Amofa,
The Athletic,
26 July 2024
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Allergy reactions may lead to symptoms like hives, rashes, swelling, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and coughing or wheezing.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The behavior of each bee must be coordinated within each colony to ensure that the hive survives.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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On February 2, 2017, UC Berkeley became ground zero when provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ speech was protested- these violent protests were only the tip of the iceberg in a rapid shift in norms on college campuses.—
Manu Meel,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Identifying ground zero for the advent of Dengue Fever can be tricky, but careful research has identified Aquarius Records in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District as the primary origin of the infectiously melodic band.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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Russia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine have become tennis hotbeds, especially for women.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Sobriety, much like the festival itself, had become a hotbed for catharsis—or a misguided crack at transcendence.—
Barrett Swanson,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The State Department's Global Engagement Center, the highly touted nerve center for coordinating U.S. efforts to counter foreign disinformation – especially by Russia and China – shut down this week after becoming a lightning rod for conservative criticism.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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And so, in Hudson Square, an elevated railway station got sheared off, stripped down, and extended into a Google nerve center (by CookFox).—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
12 Dec. 2024
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If Ukraine develops its own air defense system, this would ease Kyiv's independence on the likes of the U.S. for the protection of its population centers and vital infrastructure.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Three-deck Atrium Lobby, Walt Disney Theatre (977-capacity live productions) and Buena Vista Theatre (278-capacity cinema); family and adult pools; spa and fitness center, jogging track.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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Flashback: Biden has made revitalizing U.S. manufacturing central to his domestic agenda — and his political identity.—
Neil Irwin,
Axios,
4 Jan. 2025
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Elyssa was also a central to the Green Hill battalion winning the Wilson County Warrior Games championship last school year.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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