epicenter
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Those immigrants helped enable the U.S. become the epicenter of innovation in the 20th century.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Each has been at the very epicenter of democratic attempts to access the constitutional tools demanded by this moment.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
“We’ve morphed into this epicenter of fighting back,” said Mayor Casey McKeon, a third-generation Huntington Beach resident who’s up for reelection this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Suddenly, Lanier was at the epicenter of a broad public debate about social media and how people stay connected—or are disconnected—on platforms offering nearly endless content curated by algorithms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
For towns and cities close to the epicenter of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, the warning came fifteen seconds before the tremors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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