eye of a hurricane
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Figuratively, the eye of a hurricane is the quiet center of a dispute or controversy.
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Even after GPT made headlines, being at OpenAI was like being in the eye of a hurricane.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Harkin says, “We just finished in Iceland; at the end of ‘Double Agents,’ they were in the eye of a hurricane, a real hurricane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
National Geographic has reported that in the 1960s, government agencies and scientists considered the prospect of sending a submarine to launch nukes into the eye of a hurricane.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2019
Through a mix of dumb luck and improvisation, the Blumquists have survived at the center, functioning almost like the eye of a hurricane that’s leveling the Upper Midwest.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2015
The beanstalk shot right through the clouds, where they swirled like the eye of a hurricane.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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