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Recent Examples of hot spot
With your feet securely in place, the shoes are comfortable from the first wear without any rubbing or chaffing—which means players will not form blisters or hot spots while using this style of K-Swiss shoes.
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Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025
The recording hot spot, famously known for its work with the Beatles, has also crafted music for the Harry Potter, Black Panther, and Barbie films, as well as Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
Officials stayed at the scene to contain smoldering hot spots hours after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Ground and aerial resources are making strong progress constructing containment lines and addressing hot spots near the head of the fire.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
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Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025
The recording hot spot, famously known for its work with the Beatles, has also crafted music for the Harry Potter, Black Panther, and Barbie films, as well as Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
Officials stayed at the scene to contain smoldering hot spots hours after firefighters extinguished the blaze.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
Ground and aerial resources are making strong progress constructing containment lines and addressing hot spots near the head of the fire.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
Noun
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Research fun playgrounds along the way to get energy out and reduce restlessness.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
20 July 2025
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Fed by snowmelt, Medano Creek—called Colorado's Natural beach—flows at the dunes’ base, creating a shallow, inland beach-like playground where visitors can splash, float on tubes, and build sandcastles.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
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With nearly 50,000 examples made and more than 46,000 of those sold in the United States over four years, the 560 SL offers a happy hunting ground for drivers seeking a classic convertible with the creature comforts of a near-contemporary car.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
16 May 2025
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Everton’s Goodison Park stadium hasn’t always been a happy hunting ground for Manchester City.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Brown said a bite from a lone star tick can trigger an allergic reaction, with symptoms including hives, gastrointestinal distress and potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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The Pasadena Playhouse is fast moving toward artistic director Danny Feldman’s goal of once again making its historic campus a buzzing hive of educational activity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The East African nation, rich in coltan (a mineral vital to tech manufacturing), becomes ground zero for a confrontation between capitalist greed and collective consciousness.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
14 July 2025
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Los Angeles, a host city for the 2026 World Cup, became ground zero for the clash between a welcoming global sporting event and immigration roundups.—
Minky Worden,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Arcade parlors have become hotbeds for drugs, fights and theft.—
Josh Salman,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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Ohio's historic tax credit program, which began in 2007, is among the most competitive in the country and has bolstered the state's reputation as a hotbed for preservation.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
5 July 2025
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This serves as a nerve center for the International Thespian Festival.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Once relegated to cost control, procurement must now become a strategic nerve center.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Set in New Mexico during 2020, the movie centers on the fictional town of Eddington, which turns into a hotbed of bad feelings and controversy when awkward local sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to run for mayor against popular progressive incumbent Ted Garcia (Pedro Pascal).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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The center will be open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to the release.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 July 2025
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That’s a business that has seen a lot of players come and go, and Regal Ware is applying the lessons of its tenacious history as sets its strategy for the next century and beyond, with its manufacturing prowess central to its plans.—
Jim Vinoski,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Vera, the buzzy, brilliant and preternaturally observant ten-year-old central to Gary Shteyngart’s sardonic and profoundly relevant new novel, brings a fresh, necessary perspective to our evolving dystopian universe.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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