epicenter
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“The Fed is probably the epicenter of that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Yet an issue far removed from the conflict’s epicenter may end up being the biggest obstacle to any treaty: Lebanon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Images showed extensive damage, including collapsed buildings, in the city of General Santos, the town closest to the epicenter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
But there was a "very small possibility" of tsunami waves along the coasts located near the epicenter, it said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Between 1905 and 1925, the Fly Room at Columbia was the epicenter of genetics, a catalytic chamber for the new science.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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