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Recent Examples of hot spot
Next year, Whoosh will begin construction on a gondola-like ride-hailing network in a 370-acre area of tourism hot spot Queenstown—the first of its kind.
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Harry Booth, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Most people wouldn’t immediately think of EV charging stations as hot spots for community.
—Andrew Cornelia, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Big differences exist on two current hot spots: Ukraine and the Middle East including Iran.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
The team has isolated three lynx population hot spots: Munellë and the Valamara region, both in Albania, and Mavrovo National Park in North Macedonia.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Harry Booth, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Most people wouldn’t immediately think of EV charging stations as hot spots for community.
—Andrew Cornelia, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Big differences exist on two current hot spots: Ukraine and the Middle East including Iran.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
The team has isolated three lynx population hot spots: Munellë and the Valamara region, both in Albania, and Mavrovo National Park in North Macedonia.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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In turn, Vegas provides a playground where the average person and the hedonist can engage in the sublime, the superb and the spectacularly over-the-top.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Within the park, there’s a playground for kids, an area for dogs, fountains, sport tracks, and a cafe with outdoor tables.Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
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Fortunately, though, his home race has proved to be a very happy hunting ground with Hamilton winning a record eight times at the circuit.Amanda Davies, CNN, 5 July 2024
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Those looking for small, focused and highly-profitable firms that make all sorts of components, from robotic arms to bicycle gear, will find Japan to be a happy hunting ground.Fortune, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021
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The platform works with a small device, which features nine sensors and can be placed inside hives to monitor bee activity, track visits to flowers, and measure environmental conditions.Micheline Maynard, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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The rain and floodwater most likely destroyed the insects’ underground hives and toppled trees or stumps that held nests, said Chris Hayes, an expert with North Carolina State University.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Georgia was ground zero for Trump’s claims about the election being stolen in 2020.Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Shipping ports are ground zero for the emerging hydrogen economy.David Blekhman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Pakistani counterterrorist forces maintain a strong presence in the Swat valley, which has long been a hotbed of Islamist militant insurgency.Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
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In the middle is the nerve center of that world: 420 West Broadway, where Leo Castelli, Sonnabend, John Weber, and Charles Cowels galleries were located.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Sealing the spacecraft’s vault—its nerve center—is a plate forged from tantalum metal.Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
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European Wax Center continues to focus on maintaining its brand position and ensuring consistent service delivery across its network of centers.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Lakers were already down several bodies in their frontcourt, with Christian Wood (offseason left knee surgery) and Jarred Vanderbilt (offseason feet surgery) sidelined, leaving two-way center Christian Koloko as the only available big man behind Davis.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Montlake East Blaine Street is regarded as trick-or-treat central, with one house known as the Hauntlake Cemetery for its elaborate decorations.Melissa Santos, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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But as China has attempted to rein in the excesses of its financial system, the central continues to run into the risk of clarifying where the line between private risk and state guarantees lies.Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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