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dead spot

[ded spot] / ˈdɛd ˌspɒt /
NOUN
blind spot
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There’s a dead spot on the former site of a bounce house, and the detritus of five children suggests, at all times, that we are running the world’s chintziest yard sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

A dead spot having zero speed is created there.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Elle Macpherson, the show’s host, is the only dead spot, but she isn’t around much.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2012

The league finished 2-5 in bowl games, which continues a dead spot in the post-season since the conference went 5-0 in 2008.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2012

I thought of the "dead spot" I had first heard about on the newscast the night before, and how it was steadily growing.

From Call Him Savage by John Pollard


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