hotbed

as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something prerevolutionary Boston was viewed as a hotbed of treason by the British

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“Hotbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotbed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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