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The phrase "a potential pitfall" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing possible risks or downsides in a situation or plan.
Example: "When starting a new business, it's important to be aware of a potential pitfall that could derail your success."
Alternatives: "a possible drawback" or "a likely hazard."
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There is a potential pitfall.
In this very enthusiasm over the children's progress lies a potential pitfall.
Engine troubles are a potential pitfall, too, but Johnson never seems to encounter them.
Impaired organ protection may be a potential pitfall of using TRPV1 inhibitors for pain control.
Congress is perfectly illustrating a potential pitfall with the GOP's idea of capping Medicaid spending.
A potential pitfall remains that expensive high-speed rail project that Mr. Brown has championed.
Some commentators have immediately pointed to Mr Damazer's lack of pure radio experience as a potential pitfall.
There is also a potential pitfall awaiting schools that rely on adapting free software to their needs, Haigh warns.
But in a potential pitfall, Iran wants to take possession of the documents, something the United States has not agreed to.
A potential pitfall of tutoring is that reading becomes a task that must be learned by the child, rather than a pleasurable activity.
A potential pitfall for Mr. Rowland as he looks ahead is an overconfidence that comes from skating through a re-election campaign without being attacked or pinned down.
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