epicenter
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Concerns around a duopoly were top of mind during a pro-open-weights protest on Saturday in downtown San Francisco, the epicenter of the AI startup community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 1867, an 8-year-old girl named Elizabeth Turner became the epicenter of a legal battle that would help define what freedom really meant after the Civil War.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
The epicenter of the outbreak is reportedly in Michigan, where a whopping 3,762 cases have been reported by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services since June 22.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Guatemala's President Bernardo Arévalo said the country's emergency management agency had been deployed in response to a magnitude 5.6 earthquake with its epicenter in Quetzaltenango.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
An empty stage framed by trees is the epicenter of the song.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
College campuses have been epicenters for protest movements and free speech since the Vietnam War era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
“California and Los Angeles are the epicenters of it, but it’s a common belief among the general populace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Churches were the epicenters of the Black community and to be taken seriously at all times, which is the main reason I enjoy the idea behind "The Book of Clarence" so much.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2024
It says it was established in 2019 in the Philippines, one of the epicenters of the plastic pollution crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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