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a place of political unrest and potential violence
the United States cannot police all of the world's hot spots - a point of relatively intense heat or radiation
- a lively entertainment spot
How To Use hot spot In A Sentence
- Many microwaves heat unevenly, leading to hot spots in the milk.
- The sergeant fields complaints from businesses, keeps an eye out for felons and new faces on the street, and makes sure that certain hot spots are kept relatively clear.
- Part restaurant, part nightclub, this wood-paneled new hot spot tries to please both foodies and scenesters.
- Further muddying the picture, the spread of radiation has been fiendishly unpredictable, skipping some areas and showing up in concentrated hot spots elsewhere. Murky Science Clouded Japan Nuclear Response
- It could report on earthquake damage or structural problems and warn firefighters of hot spots in buildings where fires are blazing on some floors.
- The border has become a major hot spot.
- Another hypothesis was that wind forces at ‘hot spots,’ which resulted from the rhomboid shape of the tower, caused overstressing of the glass.
- The building is filled with Wi-Fi hot spots for people to connect their laptops to the Internet.
- Keighley is now recognised as a UFO hot spot, with dozens of sightings being reported over the years.
- Hot Spot uses thermal imaging to show any impact in bright white, below right. Times, Sunday Times