epicenter
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The co-brand cards that millions of consumers use have long been the epicenter of a love-hate relationship between large merchants and banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Stan Kroenke had a vision for bringing the NFL back to L.A.; its foundation was SoFi Stadium, which has become a cultural epicenter that extends beyond sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
It was Abbott who, not long ago, called his state the "epicenter of AI development."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Advancements in AI tools have also been reshaping jobs, especially in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the tech industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
As the energy rippled out from the epicenter, it magnified in strength.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
The temblors — with epicenters about 100 miles west of Caracas — were the deadliest to hit Venezuela in almost a century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
College campuses have been epicenters for protest movements and free speech since the Vietnam War era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The virus then forced my wife Elvira and I to live apart from each other for the next 18 months — I in New York City, she in Italy, the two worldwide epicenters.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
Regions near these historic earthquakes' epicenters are still seismically active today, so it's possible that some modern earthquakes could be long-lived aftershocks of past quakes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2023
Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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