heel
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Since then, there’s been an unsubtle effort from the couple and their communications staff to create the appearance that Usha Vance has been brought to heel.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
For China, “oil is not the Achilles’ heel we thought it was,” said Michal Meidan, head of China energy research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Then, with the foreboding intro and the tapping heel of a bedazzled platform pump, the delicious reveal of Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter singing “Sweet Transvestite” cemented that this experience would bond us for life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It's not a high heel and it's really kind of easy to just slip in and slip out of," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Red turned red all over and stamped her heel on my other foot.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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