hot spot
Example Sentences
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The thinking is that if Venezuela becomes the new hot spot for oil production growth, U.S. shale will fade into the past.
From Barron's
Hargeisa, capital of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, abuts hot spots like Somalia and Yemen but lacks the constant coups, wars, riots, terrorist attacks, ideological reckonings and other usual attractions for roving correspondents.
It has become a hot spot for “da ka,” meaning punching a card, a phenomenon in China where tourists go to locations specifically to take pictures and post on social media for digital clout.
He kept applying for Massachusetts-based jobs from his family home outside Chicago, and said he was “dead set” on working in the life-sciences hot spot.
“There’s unlikely to be a hot spot ... directly next to this hand line,” he testified.
From Los Angeles Times
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