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hot spot

[hot-spot] / ˈhɒtˌspɒt /


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Antoci and his wife, Josephine, bought the company in 2011 and transformed it into a trendy celebrity hot spot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Sequoia’s Mineral King Valley has become such a hot spot for marmot car invasions that the National Park Service warns “You Are Entering Marmot Country.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

More locations could reach 34C or 35C in the coming days, with the hot spot likely to be in southern England.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Starting on May 19, detainees launched a labor and hunger strike within Delaney Hall, which quickly became a hot spot for anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests and organizing.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

It sits on top of an enormous hot spot, a reservoir of molten rock that rises from at least 125 miles down in the Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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