Achilles' heel
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It is an Achilles' heel that has dogged Scheffler before, but the PGA Tour has him as fifth-best putter, external on tour in 2026 - so it is certainly not a problem every week.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Europe’s exposure to spot prices for liquefied natural gas is its Achilles’ heel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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
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
Even China’s imports of crude, previously an Achilles heel given its heavy dependence on energy to fuel its economy, dropped 8.8% as electric vehicles continue to dominate the market for autos domestically.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026
“This exposes an Achilles heel to the Burn, and other people potentially trying to get away with something this awful,” Vandenbark-Woodward said.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
A favourite with the bookies, the song's only Achilles heel is its similarity to last year's winner, Nemo.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
Human nature, in the end, is our Achilles heel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
“You know what an Achilles heel is, Eddie?”
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
