dead spot

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At the same time, it has urged studios to join in creating event films for adults, especially for release in a September-October period that had previously been a dead spot, short on fantasy blockbusters.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2015

A dead spot having zero speed is created there.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The league finished 2-5 in bowl games, which continues a dead spot in the post-season since the conference went 5-0 in 2008.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2012

But moving speech processing to the cloud means that if the server crashes, or if the phone is in a dead spot, voice commands stop working.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 4, 2011

There was a dead spot in the carburetor.

From Test Pilot by Collins, Jimmy