epicenter
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Raised in Harlem, the epicenter of African American culture, Rollins recalled that his early musical education came from the Apollo Theater where he would watch its celebrated amateur nights.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In the Northeast, long the epicenter of American sleep-away camp culture, many of the best-known camps were founded more than a century ago as escapes from sweltering East Coast cities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
But this call of the wild was ultimately among the factors that turned the MV Hondius into the epicenter of the first-ever deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a modern cruise ship.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
“The global semiconductor market is undergoing a seismic transformation,” the report noted, and “the memory segment is at the epicenter of this shift.”
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Since its last paving, the ten- or fifteen-mile-long road in question seemed to have been at the epicenter of an earthquake.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing epicenter
Brace Yourself: Earthquake Words
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