double-edged
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Some publishers say podcasts are a double-edged sword—they may be cannibalizing nonfiction reading, but can also serve as a useful sales driver in a fragmented media market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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
AI enters a culture already sliced and diced by the double-edged sword of digital technology.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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
