pressure point

noun

a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
a point on the body where relatively slight pressure serves to press an artery lying close to the surface against underlying bony tissue, so as to arrest the flow of blood into a part.
a sensitive, crucial area or issue against which concerted persuasion or pressure tactics can be wielded to produce a desired result:
Lobbyists attempt to find the pressure points of government.

pressure point

any of several points on the body above an artery that, when firmly pressed, will control bleeding from the artery at a point farther away from the heart

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First recorded in 1875–80

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It proved a pressure point for Trump - and now the world knows it.

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The Trump administration revealed a key pressure point with its concern about the "yippy" - as Trump called it - bond market.

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So this latest row over Irish-language signage at Belfast Central Station has added another pressure point.

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But his efforts to exploit Ukraine's pressure point – withholding aid and information - appear to have produced the intended result.

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Food became a pressure point in our relationship.

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