epicenter
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The Bundibugyo strain has killed one person in the militant-controlled of Mambasa, which is some 100 miles from the outbreak’s epicenter in a gold-mining town of Mongbwalu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Rubio added that the State Department and other agencies "are working very, very hard" to contain the crisis, whose epicenter is in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Aldana Ramirez tries to warm up beside a brasero, a type of local heater, on a freezing night at Los Azules copper project in San Juan province, the epicenter of Milei's mining "revolution."
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“We’re right at the epicenter for global expansion” of data centers, observed Sean McKenna, a co-author of the report.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The epicenter of activity was a monstrously ugly concrete building, the Summit Information Center, with big windows, broad viewing platforms, and an exceedingly lively cafeteria.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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