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
This is a deeply haunted novel that moves with calm and ruthless determination, like the eye of a hurricane.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2022
These days, a number of documentarians in the eye of a hurricane have been rethinking their films on the fly, trying to give viewers a sense of what the whole massive storm could mean.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2017
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
Captain Nemo has freed his ship from the giant squid only to stare into the eye of a hurricane.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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