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Recent Examples of hot spot
Long Wharf in New Haven is a hot spot for trash for a number of reasons, experts say.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Policy wonks and software engineers were turned away at the door of the conservative tech think tank Foundation for American Innovation’s reception on Monday evening, held at MAGA hot spot Butterworth’s.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Lisa from Blackpink has checked out of the White Lotus in Thailand and into another tourist hot spot.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Shelby Township was a hot spot for big winning lottery tickets in February.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Policy wonks and software engineers were turned away at the door of the conservative tech think tank Foundation for American Innovation’s reception on Monday evening, held at MAGA hot spot Butterworth’s.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Lisa from Blackpink has checked out of the White Lotus in Thailand and into another tourist hot spot.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Shelby Township was a hot spot for big winning lottery tickets in February.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
Noun
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The backstory At the height of its popularity in the 1950s and ’60s, Asteria—meaning ‘stars’ in Greek—was a playground for socialites and starlets.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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This time around, his recording studio morphed from a playground into a haven, its familiar walls allowing the type of creativity that only flourishes in private spaces—a luxury for the band at that time.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Bee swarms are a natural process in which a large group of bees leaves an existing hive to start a new colony, according to Iowa State University.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Washington is now ground zero for an advocacy battle over how to write the rules of the road for a nascent technology that promises to reshape everything from education and health care to war-fighting.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sitting right in the heart of Ocean Drive just steps from the sand, its open-air pool and lively patio are ground zero for that nonstop energy the neighborhood is known for.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Milan is now a hotbed of vintage activity.—
Selene Oliva,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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It’s made Florida the hotbed for basketball.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Attacks in Plateau State 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,
30 Mar. 2026
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Timing of Galati’s killing central to case The lawsuit names Sacramento County, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office as defendants.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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