adjective
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■ NOUN
sword
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If ever fame and wealth proved two-edged swords , they do here.
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It was a two-edged sword of obligations of favors given and favors to be returned at a later, appropriate time.
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This sounded like an improvement on the statusquo, but it turned out to be a two-edged sword .
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But it was a two-edged sword .
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The public understanding of science is a two-edged sword .
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In a sense, the flattening of businesses in Workplace 2000 is a two-edged sword .
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The Audit Commission can, therefore, be something of a two-edged sword in the context of central-local relationships.
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But the way Compaq does it creates a two-edged sword .
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But it was a two-edged sword.
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But the way Compaq does it creates a two-edged sword.
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If ever fame and wealth proved two-edged swords, they do here.
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In a sense, the flattening of businesses in Workplace 2000 is a two-edged sword.
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It was a two-edged sword of obligations of favors given and favors to be returned at a later, appropriate time.
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Its blade was two-edged , and made of heavy bronze, the grooves chased like lotus stems.
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The individualism identified by Olson and others is, however, two-edged .
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This sounded like an improvement on the statusquo, but it turned out to be a two-edged sword.