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[huhb] / hʌb /


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In 1991, Levine and her husband founded Actors Connection in New York City, an education and networking acting hub.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Hong Kong fell more than two percent despite fast-fashion giant Shein announcing its market debut will take place in the Chinese financial hub on September 1.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Rummage through Greenock's industrial history and you will find a distinct heritage - in the 19th Century its status as a global hub for refining sugar earned it the nickname "Sugaropolis".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The incident close by on Thursday underscores the security threat to the Black Sea, a hub for global grain trade and Ukraine’s lifeline to the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

He sat invisible in his pavilion, at the hub of the excitement and talked to Sir Ector or Kay or Merlyn day after day.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday pledged support for Wildberries amid the strikes, saying the government would help rebuild logistics hubs hit by Ukrainian attacks.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

The people in power—officers and civilians—seem to have ignored the possibility that the enemy would attack our weakest links, in this case the supply hubs.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

Child-care nonprofits are taking advantage of declining enrollment at TK-12 schools to turn vacant classrooms and even closed campuses into child-care hubs, expanding scarce infant and toddler slots.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

They are meant to be high tech hubs which centralise control of the network.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

This had cobwebs on it, too, strung in and out of the steering-wheel spokes, and over the metal hubs.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Consolidation has also made it less essential for the hubbed airlines to worry about smaller markets.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

But in the mid-’90s government regulators began to regard Southwest as a positive competitive influence on the hubbed airlines—whenever Southwest managed to enter a new market, fares fell.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

As more low-cost airlines began competing on the lucrative routes between major cities, it was harder for the hubbed operators to charge the premium they required to recoup their higher operating costs.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

In some ways the hubbed airlines have become more like Southwest.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

That competitive pressure motivated the hubbed carriers to use outsourcing and the market power they acquired from consolidation to continue pushing regional wages down, even while they earned huge profits.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2017

Revenue fell 1.7% to 455 million francs, which Sunrise said resulted from lower mobile hardware and hubbing sales.

From Reuters Aug. 22, 2019




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