How to Use ground zero in a Sentence

ground zero

noun
Definition of ground zeronext
Synonyms for ground zeronext
  • Matt took the bus home that day, knowing his dad was at ground zero.
    — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Allie Yang, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • For five years, his namesake Carl Jr. didn’t visit ground zero.
    — Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Allie Yang, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Thousands of volunteers went to ground zero to help with the rescue, recovery and cleanup efforts.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Somerville has become ground zero for construction unions battling to gain traction outside of Boston.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • New York City was already in the midst of a homelessness crisis before becoming ground zero for the coronavirus last year.
    — NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Following that spill, the region became ground zero for some of the most significant conservation efforts of the 20th century.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Lewis said Arizona is ground zero for the future of the U.S.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The village — Point Hope — is less than 30 miles from ground zero.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2022
  • In the years since, New York City has emerged as ground zero for the infections.
    — CBS News, 28 July 2023
  • One room looked like ground zero for a million walks of shame.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Can Mnookin and her team bring it down to ground zero where some things work, and others don’t?
    — Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Vigil gives me a recent tour of the farm, which sits just north of the Barela compound — ground zero for the bust.
    — Alicia Inez Guzmán, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2021
  • So Georgia is in many ways ground zero for the midterm elections this year.
    — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • If this is the case, then Hoover Dam might be described as ground zero’s ground zero.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Vice finds the hospital to be ground zero in matters of faith.
    — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The board was ground zero for K-12 culture wars that Youngkin made a focus of his campaign.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The deal fell through, and Access Youth Academy was back at ground zero.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Much like the Antarctic, Greenland is ground zero for the impacts of climate change.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The latest from the states In the war over transgender rights, Florida is ground zero.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Presenting Iger at Disney’s ground zero was a form of circling the wagons and putting the boss on a pedestal.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Judy Blume and is ground zero for Key West's literary scene.
    — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The king is most at home at London’s Savile Row, ground zero for bespoke suits.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Who wants to venture back to ground zero after taking one unlucky break in the middle of a great run?
    — Vulture, 2 Oct. 2023
  • If all of you lived together, your home would cease being a safe-haven and would become ground zero.
    — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The last piece of steel from the twisted remains of the twin towers was removed from ground zero only the previous year.
    — Tamara Audi, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Bengals are building from ground zero and will do so with plenty of talent and very few holes on their roster.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 25 May 2022
  • In the third act of Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb sits in a darkened hall and watches a slide show of what his gadget hath wrought at ground zero.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Kyoto, the ancient capital, turned out to be ground zero for the high-end dessert culture, in both the Eastern and Western style, and that thrilled her.
    — Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Dreams clash with reality Journalism, in many ways, represents ground zero for the crisis that confronts contemporary vocations.
    — Matthew Powers, The Conversation, 25 June 2024
  • But then, Loudoun County was ground zero for petty squabbles about children’s books and bathrooms, hardly the oppressions that tossed millions of immigrants to America’s shores.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2024

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