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The phrase "a tricky spot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a difficult or challenging situation that someone finds themselves in.
Example: "When the project deadline was moved up unexpectedly, I found myself in a tricky spot trying to meet the new timeline."
Alternatives: "a difficult situation" or "a challenging position".
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Feudalism was in a tricky spot.
To be trapped in a tricky spot.
But Fassel is in a tricky spot.
The pressure placed Mr. McDonnell in a tricky spot.
Feinstein, too, has been placed in a tricky spot.
All this put me in a tricky spot.
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A shrimp-shaped collection of reefs, the shoals were a notoriously tricky spot.
Among those in an especially tricky spot is Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader.
Like most innovators, I ran into a few tricky spots.
The Academy was created to get the film business out of a few tricky spots.
If she wins, she'll be in the tricky spot of governing a country that doesn't appear to like her all that much.
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