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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a weak spot in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a vulnerability or flaw in a system, argument, or situation.
Example: "The team's lack of experience was a weak spot in their strategy during the competition."
Alternatives: "a vulnerability in" or "a flaw in".
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Experts have long criticized recycling as a weak spot in Mr. Bloomberg's environmental record.
The celebrated Miss Mackay had hit a weak spot in the social patriarchy.
Chromatis made equipment for urban areas, which had been a weak spot in Lucent's product mix.
Did the minutes reveal a weak spot in the nation's economic-growth prospects?
Wal-Mart United States has recently been a weak spot in the company.
A weak spot in the field, 30percentt weaker than elsewhere, has already appeared over the southern Atlantic Ocean.
It is shot in black-and-white; the sun is no more than a weak spot in a foul sky.
Since the last recession ended, business investment, particularly in new technology, has remained a weak spot in the economy.
Activists are now targeting NTV specifically, hoping they have identified a weak spot in the political system.
A groin (inguinal) hernia occurs when part of the intestine bulges through a weak spot in the abdominal wall at the inguinal canal.
To the New Horizons team, a weak spot in Sputnik Planitia's basin suggests that the planet's crust, particularly in this region, must be quite thin.
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