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hotbed

noun as in trouble spot

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Large gatherings can be a hotbed of germs, can pose dangers such as stampedes and heat stroke, and can encourage risky behaviors such as excessive alcohol consumption and unprotected sex.

The Atlantic League, a hotbed for innovation in baseball, announced plans Wednesday to move the pitcher’s mound back 12 inches from home plate this season.

It has become such a hotbed for political news that Twitter has instituted fact checking on the site.

Africa’s southern Kalahari Desert is not typically regarded as a hotbed of Stone Age innovations.

Groups have been a hotbed for many of Facebook’s biggest problems, including misinformation and hate speech.

Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Cuba and the island has long been a hotbed of baseball talent.

In the early 1960s Cambridge University was a hotbed of cultural and social insurrection.

It is also overwhelmingly pro-regime, and since the start of Syrian unrest the region has become a hotbed of pro-Assad activity.

The Gorge has always been a hotbed of radicalism and arms smuggling, but now it is fast becoming a shahid factory.

As their grip loosens, the island, and particularly its capital city, is morphing into a fashionable, gorgeous hotbed of tourism.

The hotbed frames and sashes were put away for future use, as it was too late to need them now.

When he saw early spring vegetables growing in a hotbed, he said: How does that loose covering keep them warm?

In Corsica they do nothing, restlessly; while Sardinia, as all the world knows, is a hotbed of active discontent.

Zurich, as you know, is a hotbed of radicalism, and those young women who went to learn soon imbibed the wildest ideas.

If the loam is a heavy one, place the pot in a warm situation; a spent hotbed is a good place.

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On this page you'll find 133 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hotbed, such as: heart, hub, place, axis, bull's-eye, and centrality.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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