ground zero

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Recent Examples of ground zero With its Black population reaching nearly 80 percent, Detroit is ground zero for this national injustice. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 The redistricting battle is the latest ground zero in this ongoing partisan battle. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025 Scotland is ground zero for the U.K.’s grid decarbonization challenge. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2025 Winter trips focus on gray wolves, spending dawn and dusk in the Lamar Valley, which is ground zero for the country’s wolf reintroduction efforts. AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ground zero
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Noun
  • But the center’s allegations are of another type.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • According to Pliops, deploying Pliops XDP LightningAI in data centers offers significant cost savings.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His grand plans for his production company, Nateland, which is already a multimedia hub for wholesome humor, include, among many other projects, an amusement park.
    Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The underrated sale section is a hub for seriously steep discounts—up to 63% off—on garden decor, lights, and tools to help give your yard a little TLC this fall.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ross, who’s busy trying to build West Palm Beach into a mecca, could have spoken up during the offseason when his friends assuredly told him that Miami’s cornerback group was delinquently inadequate.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The world champion stated that her next focus is to win the 200-meter dash in the coming days.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The focus was on now, on later today, or this weekend.
    Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The set includes the base and blade attachment plus three cups, lip rings, resealable lids, a to-go lid, and recipe card.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Chanel Chance Eau Tendre Body Oil features the same sparkling grapefruit-quince accord and gentle base of jasmine and white musk.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sprawling facility is the nucleus for much of the US Air Force’s operations in the Middle East, and US Central Command, which governs American operations in the region, would view any unidentified incoming aircraft as a potential threat.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The team showed that this gliding persists down to –15 degree Celsius, setting a new benchmark for cellular motility in complex, nucleus-bearing organisms.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk mused about writing a book on the core tenets of MAGA.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s how the S&P 500 might react, based on the core monthly inflation, according to JPMorgan.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025

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