trouble spot

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Noun

trouble spot (plural trouble spots)

  1. A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
    • 1962 March, “The New Year Freeze-up on British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 159:
      Difficulties were met by keeping permanent way and maintenance staff on duty and organising mobile squads to move as required to trouble spots.

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