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Achilles' heel

noun as in vulnerability

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As I argued last week when Trump started rolling out his troll-nominations, the Achilles heel of authoritarians is they confuse power and domination, and end up struggling to hold a coalition together.

From Salon

Therein lies the Achilles’ heel of “Gladiator II” — there is simply too much plot to truly care about these characters.

"We discovered an Achilles heel of antibiotic resistant bacteria," said Süel, a member of the Department of Molecular Biology at UC San Diego.

It's the Achilles heel of authoritarians throughout time.

From Salon

Trump will be taking office having inherited an American economy that has performed very well, despite the discontent voiced among many voters who may have been the Achilles’ heel of Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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