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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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Orange County has emerged as ground zero for fraud in the private-pay addiction treatment sphere — separate and distinct from the public programs, mind you — and the new law’s emphasis on housing and outside partnerships makes reformers nervous.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
11 June 2025
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Newark airport has become ground zero for the issue through a confluence of events — events that haven’t actually happened at Newark airport.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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Only a handful of those who helped make the Village a musical hotbed are still out performing and even making new albums — Bob Dylan, of course, along with Judy Collins, Carolyn Hester, Noel Paul Stookey, and very few others.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone.—
Ryan Krogh,
Outside Online,
3 June 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Russia has stepped up strikes on Ukrainian urban centers in recent days, and despite Washington urging negotiations, both sides seem as far as ever from progress toward a peace deal, analysts said.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
13 June 2025
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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
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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 22 Jun. 2025.
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