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epicenter

[ep-uh-sen-ter] / ˈɛp əˌsɛn tər /


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It’s a “little epicenter of maritime lawlessness,” said Michelle Bockmann, a maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, saying ships used a “smorgasbord of deceptive shipping tactics” to stay off authorities’ radars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

The MV Hondius was the epicenter of the first-ever deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a modern cruise ship.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Sendai, a large city close to the epicenter, was hit by the full force of the quake, but all of Honshu felt it.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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