Synonyms for hotbed
ˈhɒtˌbɛdhot·bed

Princeton's WordNet

1. hotbednoun

   a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)

   "it was a hotbed of vice"

2. hotbednoun

   a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants

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1. Diane Peterson:

   Oregon in particular is a hotbed for a measles outbreak, all you need is to introduce one person with the disease into the community and it will spread like wildfire.

2. Sophia Thomas:

   We are truly a hotbed of COVID-19 here in New Orleans.

3. Patrick Kane:

   We have a lot of pride in playing for our country, being able to be part of something special as this, especially in a hockey hotbed like Toronto, I think it'll all come together and be a great tournament.

4. Craig Reedie:

   I don’t blame media for doing what they do ; we have to react to it and I think we have reacted to it pretty sensibly, particularly in the creation of an independent commission to look at it, i think it will settle down. Frequently before any championship, there is a sort of seething hotbed of discussion and rumor and then the sport starts. I think it might well be that tomorrow morning's marathon will be quite wonderful.

5. Leana Wen:

   Imagine if these 97,000 children were all in school. Imagine how many outbreaks there could be, the lesson to take away here is that you can not keep a school safe from coronavirus if the community is a hotbed of infection. There is just no way.