heel
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Kneel by the casualty and put the heel of your hand on the middle of their chest.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said the US economy was "on steroids right now" but that high inflation was its "Achilles heel."
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called satellite networks “an Achilles heel of modern societies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Attempts to unionize the talent were mounted in the 1980s, first by hoo-rah heel Sgt.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
My nails dug into the heel of my hand, but I didn’t care.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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