soft spot

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a vulnerable point a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy

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Recent Examples on the Web She's lived in 11 U.S. states and visited 42 — and has a soft spot for small towns around the world. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024 Private consumption has been a soft spot in the economy, which has stuttered over the past year as households struggle with rising living costs, blamed in part on higher import prices due to the weak yen. Reuters, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024 The soft spot that resulted can make even the simplest bumps potentially deadly. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 July 2024 Kreese has always been pretty hardcore, but he's always had a little bit of a soft spot for Johnny. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for soft spot 

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“Soft spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft%20spot. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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