trouble spot

Example Sentences

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Even before the latest release of the consumer-price index, inflation expectations had been climbing, a potential trouble spot in a market where stocks have largely shrugged off the U.S.-Iran conflict and the resulting energy shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The economy is a particular trouble spot for the billionaire property developer.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

There is not the capacity to move troops around the country to concentrate them in the latest trouble spot.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023

The San Clemente trouble spot was about a mile away from the lot where I parked.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Gage didn’t need spies to know that Boston was a trouble spot.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen