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Recent Examples of hot spot
Millennium Park, of all places, is a hot spot for visitors.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In some cases, housing certain paraphernalia in this hot spot could damage them, shorten their lifespan, or even pose a fire hazard.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Schools across metro Atlanta will be on spring break next week, and officials at a hot spot destination want everyone to stay safe.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The beaches here are known as a hot spot for shark teeth; visit during low tide to find them.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
In some cases, housing certain paraphernalia in this hot spot could damage them, shorten their lifespan, or even pose a fire hazard.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Schools across metro Atlanta will be on spring break next week, and officials at a hot spot destination want everyone to stay safe.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The beaches here are known as a hot spot for shark teeth; visit during low tide to find them.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
Noun
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But in the finale, after piecing together her memories with the help of Hannah, Bailey realizes that Quinn was pushing her on a playground swing the day that Kate was killed nearby in a hit-and-run.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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After picking flowers, be sure to check out some of the farm's other attractions, including a playground, a giant bounce pillow, farm animals, hayrides and a seasonal beer garden.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for away teams this season.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Gtech Community Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for Chelsea in recent years, having failed to win in any of their last three visits to the ground.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Sep. 2025
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In a new National Geographic docuseries, viewers get a look inside a bee hive.—
Emily Kwong,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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The documentary series, which premieres on National Geographic tomorrow and will be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu on April 1, offers an intimate perspective on a hive of honeybees preparing to survive the winter.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
30 Mar. 2026
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In the original state of nature, ground zero of social contract theory, a group of people would come together to decide on the principles that would permit them to live together in an orderly community.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Borough officials call that spot ground zero for extreme erosion, after major chunks of the beach were wiped away.—
Sean Tallant,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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For one thing, Augusta has never been the sort of place that can be characterized as a hotbed of forward thinking.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Waters are frozen early and often in the frozen tundra, which has made the Midwest somewhat of a hockey hotbed.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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This central area—a combined lounge, restaurant and a bar—is the property’s nerve center.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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By the time Kennedy launched his presidential campaign in 1960, Hyannis Port had become the informal nerve center of the family’s political operation.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
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Rising electricity rates have been a fault line in recent campaigns, especially as enormous data centers are built to power artificial intelligence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Hager, who worked at three ARC centers during the span of nearly a decade, said those kinds of groups that ARC billed for were the standard and forging group notes was common.—
Alex Acquisto,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Attacks like these are part of a long-running cycle of violence in north-central Nigeria, where disputes over land and grazing between mostly Muslim Fulani herders and largely Christian farming communities frequently escalate into deadly clashes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Humrichous played three seasons of NAIA ball at Huntington University in north-central Indiana before transferring to Division I Evansville and later to Illinois.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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