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hot spot

[hot-spot] / ˈhɒtˌspɒt /


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The board also unanimously approved $4 million to immediately fix a sewage hot spot on Saturn Boulevard, where river pollution becomes aerosolized.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Celebrity sightings and multimillion-dollar homes are transforming the region’s rustic lakeshore into a luxury hot spot.

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

I feel a hot spot forming on my stump—a warning sign Hank has told me I should pay close attention to.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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