epicenter
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California, the epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, continues to grow its economy faster than the nation, but more people are losing their jobs and the cost of living remains high.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Rubio added that the State Department and other agencies "are working very, very hard" to contain the crisis, whose epicenter is in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Aldana Ramirez tries to warm up beside a brasero, a type of local heater, on a freezing night at Los Azules copper project in San Juan province, the epicenter of Milei's mining "revolution."
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“If you went to Vienna in 1900 or Berlin in 1920, you were in the epicenter of the developments of modern art, and Ronald understood this deeply. It’s a hugely generous gift.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
They radiate from the epicenter, shaking the ground like buried thunder, traveling the globe in less than twenty minutes.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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