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Recent Examples of hot spot
Known for its upscale, trendy products and high prices, Erewhon has grown into a tourist destination in Los Angeles and a hot spot for celebrities and influencers.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
From breakfast to after-school to midnight snacks, your refrigerator is a hot spot at certain times of day.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Saugatuck Another hot spot in the western part of the state, Saugatuck has something for every type of traveler, with six beaches, a thriving art scene, and several breweries.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
Today, a Neiman Marcus, Gap and a few other stores are still open, but for the most part, the building has become a hot spot for children’s birthday parties and a place for people to walk pets in the winter.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
From breakfast to after-school to midnight snacks, your refrigerator is a hot spot at certain times of day.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Saugatuck Another hot spot in the western part of the state, Saugatuck has something for every type of traveler, with six beaches, a thriving art scene, and several breweries.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
Today, a Neiman Marcus, Gap and a few other stores are still open, but for the most part, the building has become a hot spot for children’s birthday parties and a place for people to walk pets in the winter.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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Community members came together at an Astoria, Queens elementary school playground on Sunday, after a 6-year-old student who attends the school and his Chinese father were detained and separated.—
Andrew Ramos,
CBS News,
8 Dec. 2025
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The design also includes a community room, fitness area, bike storage, a playground, and picnic areas in a central courtyard.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Dec. 2025
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Some referees prefer to stay away from certain teams or venues, too, even if that is down to a superstitious feeling that a stadium is not a happy hunting ground.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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This itchy rash—which is characterized by small, pink hive-like spots or blotches on the surface of your skin—often starts on your abdomen and can appear within your stretch marks late in the pregnancy.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
2 Dec. 2025
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And in others, such as Wageningen in the Netherlands—the world’s top biking city, according to a recent study—they’re as numerous as bees in a hive.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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The film stars Kritika Kamra as Bani Ahmed, a writer racing against a career-defining 12-hour deadline when her home becomes ground zero for a family crisis.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Dec. 2025
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According to the indictment, the investigation led them to Brunt Street, a narrow, one-way block that court records reveal was ground zero for a drug trafficking operation tied to the overdose.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
2 Dec. 2025
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Not exactly a hotbed of oil and gas, but even its suburban location hasn’t stopped investors from finding the stock.—
Brian Sullivan,
CNBC,
11 June 2026
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Local activists have also made Texas—where Democrats hope candidate James Talarico can flip a Senate seat blue in November—a hotbed for anti-data center protests.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
4 June 2026
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The Smart Hub is Vivint's nerve center.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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Across the room, the electricity is sent through a rectifier, the nerve center for the substation.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Prosecutors said the defendants were members of the al-Shabab militant group and operated from a cell in Kogi State in north-central Nigeria, about 200 kilometers from the country’s capital.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The debate reflects how sharply the politics of affordability have shifted as the extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a shipping corridor central to the world’s oil supply, disrupts global markets.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
12 May 2026
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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