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
Ralph, who leads the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said the mission would be nothing like flying through the eye of a hurricane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
One person’s oval looked more like the eye of a hurricane.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
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
Sometimes the eye of a hurricane is the safest place to be.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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