How to Use ground zero in a Sentence

ground zero

noun
  • Lewis said Arizona is ground zero for the future of the U.S.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The village — Point Hope — is less than 30 miles from ground zero.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022
  • In the years since, New York City has emerged as ground zero for the infections.
    CBS News, 28 July 2023
  • The attack reduced the World Trade Center to a deep gash in the earth called ground zero.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Matt took the bus home that day, knowing his dad was at ground zero.
    Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Allie Yang, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • And ground zero for dressage in the Olympics was … in Palm Beach County.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2021
  • One room looked like ground zero for a million walks of shame.
    Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Can Mnookin and her team bring it down to ground zero where some things work, and others don’t?
    Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Vigil gives me a recent tour of the farm, which sits just north of the Barela compound — ground zero for the bust.
    Alicia Inez Guzmán, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The ground bulged, and a line of torches marking ground zero flew into the air.
    New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • So Georgia is in many ways ground zero for the midterm elections this year.
    ABC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • My cousin, a nurse, was working on the front lines at ground zero of the pandemic near Wuhan.
    Selina Wang, CNN, 10 Apr. 2021
  • If this is the case, then Hoover Dam might be described as ground zero’s ground zero.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Vice finds the hospital to be ground zero in matters of faith.
    oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Many of those 2024 hopefuls will be trekking to Georgia in the next seven weeks – ground zero in the fight for the U.S. Senate.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The board was ground zero for K-12 culture wars that Youngkin made a focus of his campaign.
    Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The East Coast has become the new ground zero for recreational use laws.
    Ashan Singh, ABC News, 2 June 2021
  • The Twin Cities, finally, can act as ground zero as proof.
    Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • Some intended to return home to Wuhan, ground zero for the virus.
    Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The deal fell through, and Access Youth Academy was back at ground zero.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Much like the Antarctic, Greenland is ground zero for the impacts of climate change.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Pennsylvania could be ground zero in the battle for the White House and the Senate.
    Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 23 July 2024
  • The latest from the states In the war over transgender rights, Florida is ground zero.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Presenting Iger at Disney’s ground zero was a form of circling the wagons and putting the boss on a pedestal.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Georgia was ground zero for Trump’s claims about the election being stolen in 2020.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Minnesota was ground zero for the George Floyd riots that rocked the country in 2020.
    Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The San Antonio area is ground zero for the history of chili.
    Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Judy Blume and is ground zero for Key West's literary scene.
    Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • New York City has been ground zero for the disease in the U.S., and city morgues across the five boroughs are near capacity.
    Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Wednesday’s 9/11 ceremony at ground zero in New York was a photo of the year in the making.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Sep. 2024

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