epicenter

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The epicenter was located near Mandalay, the country's second-largest city.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

What’s Next: Many private market lenders are exposed to industries at the epicenter of the AI disruption trade, and some of them have been caught out by falling company values and illiquid loan portfolios.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

As Mr. Mulla tells us, in the 1920s India was “in many ways the epicenter of the Muslim world,” still under British rule, home to a large portion of Islam’s population before partition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The epicenter of L.A.’s Iranian diaspora is known as “Tehrangeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Zeitoun, assuming that whatever was ailing the city was likely worse downtown, chose not to get too close to the epicenter.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers