trouble spot

noun

1. an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop.

   There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.

trouble spot

noun

1. a place of recurring trouble, esp of political unrest

Example Sentences

He doesn’t care what happens in Syria or Ukraine or any other incomprehensible sh**hole trouble spot, at least not until Elon Musk or Stephen Miller or some paleocon underling convinces him that a Fox News propaganda victory is there for the taking.

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Ford’s electric vehicle division has been a trouble spot amid a slowdown in EV sales.

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Budget constraints force cost-cutting measures as repairs are underway at San Clemente trouble spot.

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

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The trouble spot surfaced in public last academic year after the community college chancellor’s office approved a bachelor’s degree program in applied fire management at Feather River College in Plumas County over fierce objections from Cal State officials, who argued it duplicated offerings of at least three other campus programs.

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