heel
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“Can’t wait to see him trade home runs for heel leads and curveballs for cha-cha-cha,” Hough wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"Banerjee's long electoral success rested on a delicate equilibrium between welfare and organisation. But the very organisation that sustained her for 15 years also became her Achilles' heel," says political scientist Bhanu Joshi.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Examples include chair squats, heel drops, and wall push-ups.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
But once the system moves toward mainstream use, being open source becomes an Achilles’ heel and a gift to hackers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Jay jammed the stick down into the mud next to my heel.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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