weak link
noun
: the least strong or successful part
the weak link in the company's line of products
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One weak link and all of the chat groups’ discussions could be exposed.
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Ronald J. Deibert, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
The feds had been led there by a weak link in their crew, who had unwittingly sold a substantial wad of acid ($3,400 worth) to an undercover cop.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Talent, of course, was seen as Hopkins’ weak link in what has otherwise been an ever-growing list of accomplishments since arriving at the tech behemoth.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
And anyone who watched the team fall apart late last season knows the team’s weak link, at that point in the season and against those teams — Detroit and Los Angeles — was Sam Darnold.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2025
Democrats are even starting to realize that Musk – a constant Trump sidekick whose SpaceX is now tasked with the dangerous assignment of bringing back U.S. astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from space – could be a weak link that takes down Trump’s presidency.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, any structure just needs one weak link for fire to spread.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
China signaled more public borrowing and spending in 2025 with a shift of policy focus to consumption, in an effort to repair the economy’s weak link as looming U.S. tariffs threaten exports.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
Since last season ended with a thud in the Peach Bowl, Marques Hagans was hell-bent on ensuring his receivers wouldn’t be the team’s weak link again.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ronald J. Deibert, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
The feds had been led there by a weak link in their crew, who had unwittingly sold a substantial wad of acid ($3,400 worth) to an undercover cop.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
Talent, of course, was seen as Hopkins’ weak link in what has otherwise been an ever-growing list of accomplishments since arriving at the tech behemoth.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
And anyone who watched the team fall apart late last season knows the team’s weak link, at that point in the season and against those teams — Detroit and Los Angeles — was Sam Darnold.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2025
Democrats are even starting to realize that Musk – a constant Trump sidekick whose SpaceX is now tasked with the dangerous assignment of bringing back U.S. astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore from space – could be a weak link that takes down Trump’s presidency.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ultimately, any structure just needs one weak link for fire to spread.
—Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
China signaled more public borrowing and spending in 2025 with a shift of policy focus to consumption, in an effort to repair the economy’s weak link as looming U.S. tariffs threaten exports.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
Since last season ended with a thud in the Peach Bowl, Marques Hagans was hell-bent on ensuring his receivers wouldn’t be the team’s weak link again.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Weak link.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weak%20link. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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