sore spot

Example Sentences

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But when the office market crashed during the pandemic, Breit became a black eye for Blackstone and a sore spot with its investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Few businesses are hiring, inflation is still a sore spot and households have cut back on spending.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

A sore spot in the third-quarter report was the company’s nutrition business, which sells the hydration drink Pedialyte, the adult therapeutic nutrition drink Ensure, and the infant formula brand Similac, among other products.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

Forest management is indeed a sore spot in California, where decades of fire suppression have allowed vegetation to build up, which is in turn acting as fuel for the state’s larger and more frequent blazes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

“It’s a sore spot with every scriv who lasts more than two days working in the Archives,” she said.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss