ground zero

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Recent Examples of ground zero Even compared with similar places, which were generally moving toward the G.O.P., and controlling for exposure to economic shocks, the communities targeted by the sales reps—the opioid ground zeros—moved toward the Republicans by an extra 4.6 per cent in the 2020 House elections. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024 Red Bull, the energy drink company known for its extreme sports series, is bringing it back to ground zero. Shawna Chen, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024 The film also played at Telluride, which is considered ground zero for launching an Oscar campaign. Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024 Devastating storm surge rolled in at ground zero, Apalachee Bay, pushing more than 15 feet of water onto normally dry areas. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ground zero 
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Noun
  • Staff at a nearby senior care center have evacuated as a result, moving patients still in hospital beds and gowns to safety while awaiting medical transport to safer locations.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Both players would get great opportunities to consistently play in the big leagues with the White Sox while the Dodgers would receive a high-level center fielder.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When the game’s greatest midfielder played in the U.S. capital U.S. Soccer was even less relevant.
    Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Located nearly 400 miles from Russia's capital, Smolensk shares borders with numerous regions in Russia and Belarus.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Lakehouses are rapidly becoming the hub for building advanced intelligence, providing a foundation for analytics and model training.
    Evan Kaplan, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Join in the fun and stay just 10 minutes away from the musical hub at Floyd Family Campground, which is outfitted with premium and primitive tent sites and dry (without utilities) and full hookup RV sites.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Advertisement My dad’s restaurant was a mecca for movie stars and politicians, bullfighters and beautiful women.
    Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Those two events reinforced his place on the island — widely considered the mecca and home of reggaeton — and won him an undeniable seal of approval from an audience that has high standards for the genre.
    Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • For Glassman, being diagnosed with autism as an adult helped put the world in focus for him on the show.
    Randee Dawn, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
  • My room was equally stunning, combining modern design with an intentional focus on comfort.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Honey-Ginger Syrup: Honey and water: This makes the base of the syrup.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Trump base is up in arms over this, and nobody's doing anything to speak out about this egregious censorship.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nuclear fusion is the process of combining two light atomic nuclei to form a heavier one, releasing vast amounts of energy.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Some active galactic nuclei can launch jets, which are particle beams accelerated to near the speed of light.
    Jonathan Zrake, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the core of intelligent system design is the principle of instrumentation and iterative improvement.
    Evan Kaplan, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The hugely experienced Italian devised a plan to harness the talents of his three stars — Vinicius Jr, Bellingham and Mbappe — a hybrid system that looked like a 4-3-3 in attack and a 4-4-2 in defence, with the idea of balance across the team at its core.
    Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024

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