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[huhb] / hʌb /


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Southern California is a global hub for cargo in this e-commerce age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Nairobi is undergoing a rapid construction boom, with high-rise buildings appearing all over the city, particularly in Eastleigh which is known for its busy market areas and as a hub for the Somali community.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the city of Altay, near China’s borders with Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, officials are racing to transform the area into a global winter sports hub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He was also working with the NHS locally on setting up a Trans Health hub and with a Brighton trans support charity called The Clare Project.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

He took a stick and dug some black grease from one of the hub caps on the buggy.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Located on both sides of the lower neck and upper chest, these nerve hubs send signals that influence heart rate and other aspects of heart function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, cancelled dozens of flights Sunday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The goal of the Texas launches is to increase connectivity between major airports, business hubs and tourist destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The UK is one of the world's leading fintech hubs, the CMA said, generating more than £214 billion in turnover and supporting more than 360,000 jobs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This had cobwebs on it, too, strung in and out of the steering-wheel spokes, and over the metal hubs.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Consolidation has also made it less essential for the hubbed airlines to worry about smaller markets.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

As more low-cost airlines began competing on the lucrative routes between major cities, it was harder for the hubbed operators to charge the premium they required to recoup their higher operating costs.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

But in the mid-’90s government regulators began to regard Southwest as a positive competitive influence on the hubbed airlines—whenever Southwest managed to enter a new market, fares fell.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

In some ways the hubbed airlines have become more like Southwest.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

That competitive pressure motivated the hubbed carriers to use outsourcing and the market power they acquired from consolidation to continue pushing regional wages down, even while they earned huge profits.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2017

Revenue fell 1.7% to 455 million francs, which Sunrise said resulted from lower mobile hardware and hubbing sales.

From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2019


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