dead spot

Example Sentences

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A number of high-profile releases, such as “A Quiet Place Part II,” are planned for early September, typically a studio dead spot.

From Washington Post

“I wasn’t going to do anything stupid and take a penalty and put our team in any sort of jeopardy. But luckily the puck went to a dead spot on the ice where you can make a hit like that,” Krug said.

From Los Angeles Times

Long known as Wotan’s Narrative, this scene can seem like a dead spot: nearly 20 minutes of talk, talk, talk.

From New York Times

Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn remembers one officer’s struggle to call for backup in a dead spot near Tolovana during a drunken-driving test on the side of the road.

From Seattle Times

The most common way around cellphones in horror films is putting the characters in a dead spot where they can’t get reception, either because they’re too isolated or more often because of some kind of technological or supernatural interference.

From The Verge