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Recent Examples of hot spot
Aiding the fire fight is the Lower Otay Reservoir, providing a barrier between residential areas and providing water, carried by helicopters, to douse hot spots.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Together the three bodies of water create the Jupiter Inlet, a hot spot for boating activity and the backdrop for a lively Riverwalk that’s dotted with retail shops, waterfront restaurants, and places to hop aboard for a sunset cruise.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
In vacation hot spots where short-term rentals have proliferated, locals have taken aim at tourists for the housing shortage.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Authorities say one issue is smoldering hot spots that can burn into the root systems of trees and bushes causing fires to linger.
—Anissa Reyes, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Together the three bodies of water create the Jupiter Inlet, a hot spot for boating activity and the backdrop for a lively Riverwalk that’s dotted with retail shops, waterfront restaurants, and places to hop aboard for a sunset cruise.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025
In vacation hot spots where short-term rentals have proliferated, locals have taken aim at tourists for the housing shortage.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Authorities say one issue is smoldering hot spots that can burn into the root systems of trees and bushes causing fires to linger.
—Anissa Reyes, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spot
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The Biden expansion included bus stops and playgrounds, food pantries, as well as weddings and funerals.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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That becomes unnecessarily difficult with the potential of non-emergency law enforcement action taking place in our classrooms, on the playground, or on our buses.—
Alex Marrero,
The Denver Post,
13 Feb. 2025
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Old Trafford has been a happy hunting ground down the years for Manchester City great Vincent Kompany, and his Burnley team made the short journey looking to boost their faint hopes of English Premier League survival.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2024
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Over the past decade, France’s top tier has been a happy hunting ground for Premier League scouts, with English clubs spending £1.81billion ($2.34bn) on Ligue 1 players, more than in any other nation.—
Richard Amofa,
The Athletic,
26 July 2024
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Dairy may cause a serious allergic reaction such as hives, swelling, and trouble breathing (anaphylaxis).—
Allison Herries,
Verywell Health,
10 Feb. 2025
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In the case of the 22-year-old, he was treated with omalizumab — known in the U.S. as Xolair — which can treat hives and asthma.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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The monument in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village section is in a tiny park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, a bar that became ground zero for the gay rights movement on June 28, 1969, when gay and transgender patrons and neighborhood residents fought back against a police raid.—
Susan Haigh,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Shelby Park, a municipal park along the border in Eagle Pass that had been a top crossing spot and ground zero for conflicts over immigration enforcement between the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott, has seen few if any migrants try to cross on most days.—
Jack Healy,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Though many are quick to defend Trump’s moves and agree Washington is a hotbed of waste, the attack on this agency has caused even some of his supporters to pause.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star formation: the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth and is home to hundreds of newborn stars.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Yet the nerve center of wine culture, that magnetic force that draws in newer, younger generations of wine drinkers despite a global downturn in wine sales, marches to an entirely different beat.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appétit,
22 Jan. 2025
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Maltz retired from the DEA in 2014 after serving as special agent in charge of its Special Operations Division (SOD), a multi-agency nerve center in Chantilly, Virginia that coordinates U.S. international drug- and crime-fighting efforts.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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With Mark Williams sent back to the Charlotte Hornets over the weekend following the rescinding of the trade to the Los Angeles Lakers for Dalton Knecht, and Nurkic yet to speak to the media after being dealt from Phoenix, some are wondering what’s going on with the Bosnian center.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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Most garden centers sell succulent or cactus potting mix blends.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2025
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In one conversation, Foster, at his long desk in Martha’s Vineyard, and his colleagues, in London, processed a recent client directive: the central of the three towers, which was already planned to accommodate a hotel at its top, should have apartments above the hotel.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Optimist Also in Germantown, The Optimist is very much seafood central.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
28 Feb. 2024
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“Hot spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20spot. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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