weak link

Example Sentences

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While private-equity deals and asset sales are continuing the recovery begun last year, fundraising remains the weak link.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Italy is Europe’s weak link when it comes to energy because it is so dependent on energy imports.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

I, like many others, thought he would be the weak link against City, and expected Erling Haaland to get away from him and score.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

The Nuggets would seek out Russell in pick-and-roll plays between guard Jamal Murray and center Nikola Jokic because he was deemed a weak link in the Lakers’ defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

This weak link is made even weaker by glancing back to a recent decade, the 1960s, when the economy went on a wild growth spurt—as did violent crime.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt