hotbed
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Hemphill was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1938, and the region was a hotbed for such jazz visionaries as Bobby Bradford, John Carter and Ornette Coleman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
It put them in a hotbed of hippiedom right as the 1960s got rolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
"So really it's a misunderstood hotbed of feminist advancement - because it disguised its purposes so carefully."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A Ryanair flight from London to Spain’s capital Madrid—a hotbed of culture and cuisine—in the middle of August, for example, is currently priced at $28.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Not all classes were like this, but even in accelerated courses the classroom at Permian was hardly a hotbed of intellectual give-and-take.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Such ploys were unheard of two years ago, when investors were snapping up property and shift workers were "hotbedding", or rotating use of beds.
From Reuters ● Mar. 5, 2015
In some instances, this has led to "hotbedding" or sharing of a single bed by up to three workers who stagger their shifts to keep out of each other's way.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2012
