double-edged
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May’s surprisingly strong jobs report could soon feel like a double-edged sword for borrowers struggling to keep up with inflation and their bills.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
“That’s kind of a double-edged sword,” she said.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
But success is a double-edged sword for Coventry.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Strategic ambiguity, if that’s what this is, can be a double-edged sword.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
With a long-handled, double-edged axe, he split fence rails from massive cedar logs that washed down the Dungeness in the spring.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
