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Recent Examples of hot spot
The upcoming event will span more than 30,000 square feet in New York City’s WSA building, an office tower located in the Financial District that has been turned into a culture and events hot spot.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Over the last few years, mid-to-late August has become another calendar hot spot for call-ups, and this year was no exception.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The encounter took place less than two weeks after a confrontation at another South China Sea hot spot—Scarborough Shoal—that saw a Chinese navy destroyer and a China coast guard ship collide after being outmaneuvered by a smaller Philippine coast guard cutter.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
There’s always a new shop, food truck, or restaurant that seemingly pops up overnight, meaning this neighborhood is a hot spot for trendy eats and buzzy nights.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Over the last few years, mid-to-late August has become another calendar hot spot for call-ups, and this year was no exception.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The encounter took place less than two weeks after a confrontation at another South China Sea hot spot—Scarborough Shoal—that saw a Chinese navy destroyer and a China coast guard ship collide after being outmaneuvered by a smaller Philippine coast guard cutter.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
There’s always a new shop, food truck, or restaurant that seemingly pops up overnight, meaning this neighborhood is a hot spot for trendy eats and buzzy nights.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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Family members had to rush the boy to the hospital following the attack at New Beginnings Child Enrichment Center, while a day care worker allegedly killed the snake before children returned to the playground the next day.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even Sinner’s groundstroke attacks rarely knocked over the skittles in Alcaraz’s playground.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 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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This sparsely inhabited spot, at the time, out of range of cellphones, suddenly became a hive of activity.—
Todd Symons,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bees are matriarchal, with a queen bee in charge of the hive.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sam Woodward More than two decades after the 9/11 attacks, first responders and survivors alike are still fighting for access to studies and treatments as so many continue to die from toxic exposures at ground zero.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Decision-Making While all functions are being reshaped by AI, decision-making is ground zero.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Rasheed was mostly raised by a single mother who struggled financially, in San Diego’s Skyline neighborhood, infamous for being a hotbed of gang activity.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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Georgia is a hotbed for youth baseball, but Condon was not considered a hot prospect while playing high school baseball at The Walker School in Marietta, Ga.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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Security operations centers have become the nerve center of defense—but also its biggest bottleneck.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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This should be five-alarm fire for Wall Street, an institution that owes much of its success to the existence of a US monetary policy nerve center that is, by law and by tradition, insulated from the whims of any one party or politician.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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But the center’s allegations are of another type.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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According to Pliops, deploying Pliops XDP LightningAI in data centers offers significant cost savings.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Luang Prabang This city in north-central Laos, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the beating heart of Lao Buddhism.—
Jack Tydeman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Generally, the district is located in north-central Tennessee along the state’s border with Kentucky.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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