heel
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An inside look at the financials of both companies prior to funding rounds completed earlier this year shows their Achilles’ heel: the soaring costs needed to train new AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Babies can be identified as having SMA through a heel prick test and early treatment can prolong their lives.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
President Donald Trump will want to avoid at all costs a prolonged surge in oil prices, which would become his political Achilles' heel.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
Investors and policymakers should ask themselves whether the push into the retail space may turn out to be private credit’s Achilles’ heel.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
I’m lying on the grass on my back, and Malik’s pressing against my heel.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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