Achilles heel

Example Sentences

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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

As he notes, "this same virtue had become their experimental Achilles' heel: how do you "read" or "detect" a property that doesn't reside at any specific point?"

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

Once you’ve done that, you have to do it day after day to get a feel for your Achilles’ heel.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 17, 2025

"Our patriotism was our Achilles' heel, that's what they exploited," says Mr Yu, who is in his 60s.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Armed with 2,400 years' worth of extra mathematics, it is not hard for us to go back and find Zeno’s Achilles’ heel.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife