hot spot

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Recent Examples of hot spot The plan identified both collision hot spots and priority projects to deter roadway accidents with animals. Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 The patio at Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth is a popular celebrity hot spot. Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2025 In Arizona, new hot spots are popping up in places in the state that have a climate more similar to California’s than elsewhere in Arizona. Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 20 May 2025 Most expats live worry-free lives in places like Penang and Langkawi. Costa Rica, another hot spot for retirement, also appears on this list. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot spot
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Noun
  • Redbud Reserve would include 192 units across eight three-story buildings with a clubhouse, a playground and open space on what is now a vacant site.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
  • Their Test match health has been reliant on two-match series against the smaller nations as India, Australia and England play the money-spinning series on their own playgrounds.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Everton’s Goodison Park stadium hasn’t always been a happy hunting ground for Manchester City.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Such symptoms may include: itchy mouth, swelling of the skin, especially lips and eyes, skin rash with hives, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, trouble breathing, coughing, asthma symptoms, light headedness, passing out and more.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.
    Hannah Brooks-Motl June 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Nvidia is ground zero in the U.S.-China tech rivalry — its GPUs might just be the most valuable components in the AI arms race, and its position is increasingly shaped by policy, not just engineering.
    Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 28 May 2025
  • However, the Ivy League institution has long been a punching bag for conservatives, many of whom view it as a ground zero for liberal ideology and activism.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But BDCs invest in dozens if not hundreds of small businesses: not exactly a hotbed of stability and reliability.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Recruitment ‘hotbeds’ Over the past year, NPD has been invited to job fairs never before on its radar, Arres said.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Comprised of cross-functional initiative teams (to work on specific projects), the nerve center can tackle the full range of potential tariff impacts on different parts of the company.
    Curt Mueller, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • The nerve center On a recent weekday morning inside the 1.7 million-square-foot Boca Raton Innovation Campus, or BRiC, system engineer and remote control operator Andy Alvarez was stationed at an arcade game-like setup that can control the West Palm Beach shuttle.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The shifting narratives reflect the anxiety of Angelenos amid ICE raids targeting immigrants at Home Depots, churches and retail centers.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
  • The Democrats’ new embrace of immigration radicalism is being led by none other than Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who initially seemed desirous of presiding over a pivot back to the center.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • As the World Cup approaches, with Vancouver central to the country’s role in hosting it, the Whitecaps are mirroring Canada’s national team in more ways than one.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Progressives want Democrats to do more to make the detention of Khalil central in their battle against the Trump administration, seeing it as touching on their key values to appeal to voters lost in the last election.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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